Foot PSG – PSG in the Premier League, Qatar says banco!

PSG will open part of its capital to an outside investor, just to draw inspiration from what is happening in the Premier League, which is literally stirring the rest of Europe financially.

Dominant in France but dominated in Europe, Paris SG is at a turning point in its history. 12 years after QSI took power, the Ile-de-France club intends to change its strategy and open its capital to external financing, which seemed impossible just a year ago. Not with a view to a withdrawal from Qatar, which will always have a firm grip on the club of the capital, but to strengthen itself and try to finally compete with the big European clubs, and in particular English. QSI has become aware in recent months of the delay that French clubs, and in particular their locomotive that is PSG, is taking compared to the Premier League. When Paris announces a record deficit almost every season, TV rights explode in England in a bubble that never stops growing.

This economic model, which is expensive and yields nothing financially and sportingly, has caused changes in Qatar. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi opened the door to outside investors for the first time at the end of 2022, and this will materialize in the coming months. The Arctos Sports Partners investment fund is the closest to a stake in PSG, for an arrival of 5 to 15% of the capital. This is very likely to be done in the form of an increase in this capital, allowing the Parisian club to recover a significant amount. Particularly in the context of financial fair play and the losses that would be largely made up for by this external contribution.

The Premier League, the new model for PSG

But the final idea would not be to dribble past UEFA, but to get closer to what is done in the Premier League. This is the will displayed by QSI. ” People don’t realize how much the English Championship is taking off compared to other European Championships. Norwich (bottom and relegated) received twice as many TV rights as PSG last year. The Premier League has become the Super League. We need capital, good partners to take the brand to the next level in a clever mix of financial investment, new ideas and know-how in the sports industry in order to help the PSG business grow. “, confided a source close to QSI to L’Equipe. The arrival of specialists in sport and its economic development such as Arctos Sports Partners, which works with Liverpool and 16 American sports franchises, including some glorious ones such as the Golden State Warrios in the NBA, Boston Red Sox (MLB) and the Pittsburgh Pinguins in the NHL. Enough to give PSG even more economic power, while Qatar wipes out deficits exceeding 100 million euros each year, and which should still be between 100 and 150 million euros in 2022-2023.