[Actualités] The takeover of Paris FC by the Arnault / Red Bull family: a new impact to be expected for the MHSC

The recent takeover of Paris FC by the Arnault family and Red Bull represents a major new turning point in the French football landscape. This takeover propels the Parisian club towards new ambitions, in particular that of joining Ligue 1. For a club like Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, this rise in power could have significant repercussions when its situation in the elite has been weakening for three years now. seasons.

With the resources of LVMH and Red Bull, Paris FC will be able to invest massively in its infrastructure but especially its workforce, initially allowing it to move up to Ligue 1 quickly. If, by a miracle or almost, Michel Der Zakarian’s gang continued, this newcomer would not fail to intensify the competition for small and medium-sized companies operating with more limited budgets. The MHSC, which has often relied on intelligent recruits and training, risks finding itself in direct competition with a Paris FC capable of outbidding on the transfer market. However, will they target the same profiles? It already seems certain that Paris FC will play at an even higher level.

With the reduction to 18 clubs in Ligue 1 and the rise of new rivals like Paris FC, each place will become more contested. Montpellier, a club which had the reputation of being well managed until now, will obviously not have the same financial resources as the new entrants, and will have to reinvent itself a little more to remain competitive and maintain its status in the football elite. French.

The takeover of Paris FC by LVMH and Red Bull represents a major new challenge while the Hérault management already seems to have had enough. To stay in the race, Montpellier will have to adapt to a more competitive environment and more focused on massive investments, or push the club to improve its strategy so as not to be relegated a little more to the background.

The only comfort in this announcement, according to Daniel Riolo, is that the big upheaval should not be immediate for this club in the Capital. He was speaking on RMC Sport in the show, Apolline Morning: “The club is not attracting crowds at the moment so we will have to create an audience, we will have to create a team. And they are in no hurry because they want to be involved in the long term. There is the excitement of the arrival of the Arnault family, the flagship of French industry, but we also have to be patient because they themselves are sending messages in this direction. We’re excited but they calm that excitement. »