This Tuesday it may be PSG-Juventus of Turin. But this Monday, it was PSG-Barcelona in the mouth of President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, even if the latter was careful not to pronounce the name of the Catalan club. Invited to Football Talks, a discussion forum that brings together renowned guests around the theme of the future of football, the Parisian president spoke and explained his vision of good financial management. Clearly, the Barcelona club is for him the model not to follow.
“Some clubs have a debt of 1.8 billion euros, it’s not healthy,” he explained. Thank God, what we are doing is having zero debt. Of course, we lost money during the Covid but we have nothing to hide. Other clubs have big debts. And that is the risk, the danger for football. “And the president of Paris Saint-Germain to drive the point home:” Some remained presidents for many years and left leaving debts to their successors. And that’s what happened for years and years. This is the danger for football in which I believe. We have to be careful and worry about it because it is a great danger that can destroy football. We need the rules to protect the clubs, to protect football in Europe from the disaster of these debts in the clubs. »
On his way, the Parisian boss explained all the good he thought of the new formula of the Champions League, which will start in 2024-2025 and which is supposed to respond to the Super League project defended in particular by Juventus, Real Madrid and Barca. “Sales of the new format in the United States, even without the Spanish language, increased by 150%. In the United Kingdom and France, they have increased a lot too, he justified at a conference organized near Lisbon by the Portuguese Football Federation. We are united in the direction of the development of football, respect fans and the media, because the football ecosystem is much bigger than two or three clubs. ,It is very important for all of us. »
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