The Paris town hall, owner of the Parc des Princes, “leaves us no choice” but to leave the stadium, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi said on Thursday, wanting to “build as quickly as possible” a new enclosure.
“I really like the Park, everyone loves it. If I listen to my heart, we're not leaving. But everyone in Europe has stadiums with 80,000, 90,000 seats… We need them, otherwise we are dead,” the Qatari leader declared on RMC on the occasion of the official inauguration of the training center in Poissy (Yvelines). “We are in France, but also in Europe. The city leaves us no choice,” he insisted, even though the Park has a capacity of 48,000 places.
“I don’t do politics. For us, we need a stadium ready in 3-4 years, we have no time to lose, otherwise we are behind other clubs in Europe. We need to build as quickly as possible,” supported the president of PSG, evoking “a few options”.
Among these hypotheses for building an enclosure of around 60,000 places, there is the site of Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines), according to a source close to the matter, who added that the town of Aulnay sous-Bois was still interested in hosting the future stadium. The club should decide by the end of the first half of 2025, this source said.
Last February, “NAK” had already announced that the departure of the Parc des Princes, which the town hall refused to sell, was now inevitable for its club.
On a sporting level, the president of the Parisian club reaffirmed his full support for coach Luis Enrique who would not be threatened in the event of early elimination in the Champions League. “We won’t change anything. Whether we go out or win, it's exactly the same thing. I said it, we have a lot of confidence in our coach. He does a very good job with Luis Campos. Will they extend it? I have confidence yes, that’s what we want,” he said.
According to our information, Luis Enrique, whose contract ends at the end of the season, has extended his lease in Paris for two additional years, until 2027.
