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Journalist
Hungry for sport, he grew up to the sound of Formula 1 engines and the exploits of Ronaldinho. Today, with a Master's degree in sports journalism, he no longer misses an F1 Grand Prix or a PSG match, his two passions and specialties.
On the sidelines of the inauguration of the PSG Campus, the capital club's brand new training center in Poissy, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi spoke on the case of the future stadium. The president of PSG thus considered that it was absolutely necessary to leave the Parc des Princes to build a new stadium. But Daniel Riolo assures that it is a lie.
The future of PSG will he always be Princes Park ? The question arises since Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is losing patience and made it known Thursday evening by assuring that the capital club no longer had time to wait for a response from Paris City Hall and was going to build a new stadium. It would even be a question of life or death for the PSG.
Al-Khelaïfi drops a bomb
« If I listen to my heart, we're not leaving. But today, everyone in Europe has stadiums with 100,000, 80,000, 90,000 seats… We need them, otherwise we are dead. Is it a matter of life or death? Yes. We are in France, but we also play in Europe. We compete in the Champions League every year. If we want to be at the same level as other clubs, and on financial fair play… We need our stadium. We have no other solutions. We need a stadium ready in 3-4 years, we have no time to lose, otherwise we are behind other clubs in Europe », blurted out the president of PSG at the microphone of RMC. But according to Daniel Riolothe words of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi are simply false.
“What he says is obviously false”
« What he says is obviously false, it is not a question of life and death (for PSG). If they crashed the TV rights, it's all their fault (the presidents of the French clubs). When he says life or death, basically he needs the entry of money through ticketing and through what a large stadium can bring. If he got into trouble with the Paris town hall, it's him. There was a plan to do work (at the Parc des Princes), it still exists. And above all, above all, above all, he will definitely fall out with a base (of PSG supporters). When you fall out with a base, to go and rebuild another base and aim for 60 or 70,000 people in a stadium, in Champions League matches… How are you going to fill your stadium that you are going to build 20-30 miles away? Paris, where you don't yet have the land, you don't yet have the roads, you don't yet have the transport to get there? If you don't change your policy, since you have now said that you want a low profile policy. In fact, there's nothing wrong with what he's saying. », estimates the journalist at the microphone ofAfter Foot.
