Bought by the Arnault family and Red Bull, Paris FC wants to establish healthy competition with PSG in the event of a return to Ligue 1.
Soon an Ile-de-France derby in Ligue 1 ? Purchased by the family Arnault et Red
Bullthe Paris FC can allow himself to dream. Currently leader of Ligue 2the Ile-de-France club aims to join the elite of French football and create new competition with the PSG in the long term. But not enough to create a big rivalry between the two clubs in the French capital.
“I will always be a supporter of PSG while being a shareholder of Paris FC”
Future majority shareholder of Paris FC via the family holding company, Antoine Arnaultproclaimed his love for the Rouge & Bleu, in an interview with RMC Sport :
“So, let things be clear: I am a supporter of PSG since I was 12 years old. I have been a subscriber for many years and today I am very kindly invited by Nasser (Al-Khelaïfi) who I know well and who is a friend. I have enormous admiration and respect for what he has built with his shareholder. THE
PSG is a great club that I admire. And I will not have the immodesty to compare myself or to try to create a kind of artificial rivalry between our club today or the future club that will be the Paris FC and the PSG
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The leader of the group LVMH believes that healthy competition can develop between the two groups
“I think there is room for two clubs to
ParisI think there is room to build two different, perhaps complementary, stories. What we want is to continue in the popular tradition of the club
Paris FCcontinue to do things well. And it is not because we do certain things that they are necessarily in opposition to the PSG. As for me, I will always be a supporter of PSG while being a shareholder of Paris FCexcept, I hope, twice a year or there, I will be more for Paris
FC (…) You will never hear me say anything negative about the PSG. It's a club that I admire, it's a club that achieves extraordinary things. And I will always keep him in my heart. »
