PSG-City of Paris tensions at the Parc des Princes: “It’s up to Al-Khelaïfi to reconnect with Hidalgo”

New year, new resolutions and… status quo. If, from January 4, Anne Hidalgo’s first deputy at Paris town hall, Emmanuel Grégoire, opened the door to a resumption of discussions with PSG in the thorny issue of the sale of the Parc des Princes, he did not It didn’t take long for everything to cool down. Not even 24 hours, in reality, and an interview with another deputy, David Belliard, at Sud Radio. “We do not want the sale of the Parc des Princes to Qatar, or in any case the sale of the Parc des Princes. As a Parisian elected official, I will oppose any sale of the Park, whether to Qatar or to other private interests,” asserted the elected environmentalist.

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Comments which provoked a strong reaction from Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, notably in the columns of Le Parisien, considering that David Belliard was close to racism and finding the treatment suffered by PSG “shameful”. He took the opportunity, above all, to put pressure on the town hall by confirming his desire to buy back the Parc des Princes as quickly as possible. “We need a decision quickly, otherwise we will look elsewhere (…) We need to be competitive with our stadium. We plan to invest but we don’t want to wait long. » In fact, discussions between the city and the club have been at a standstill for more than a year. The situation is considered “frustrating” on the side of PSG, wishing to see this file advance in a “concrete” way by the end of 2024, and to be fixed even more quickly.