With the 2025 international matches barely over, the NFL is already looking at those for the 2026 season. And France seems in the sights with the Saints in Paris!
It is the New Orleans franchise via its president, Dennis Lauscha, who brings it up on its own during an event on Tuesday in the United States.
“You might hear in the next few weeks that we should have an international match, and that match could well be in Paris. We have the rights for France and Monaco, so that makes sense, I think. We are very excited about this idea. » explains Lauscha during an event in New Orleans and relayed by the site nola.com.
The Saints president explained that the NFL would be in discussions with Stade de France officials to finalize a deal. If all this remains only at the “project” stage, the fact that a Saints official clearly mentions Paris and France as a possibility in 20026, suggests that the project is well in the pipeline (as already announced).
A possibility which is in line with the latest releases from the NFL and Roger Goodell on the league’s desire for ever more internationalization and wanting to test new markets from 2026. The NFL would like 9 international matches in 2026.
The site nola.com also reports that the owner of the Saints, Gayle Benson, announced this week in a restricted circle that the franchise wants to play in France and would also like to have a mini-camp or part of a training camp in France or Monaco!
The arrival of the NFL in France never seems to have been so close!
