PSG: For his revolution, Al-Khelaïfi receives a new response

In recent weeks, the tone has risen between Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and the Paris City Hall. In question, the Parc des Princes that PSG wishes to buy in order to become the owner of its stadium and carry out work to enlarge and modernize it. But the two parties differ on the price. Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy to the Town Hall, once again mentioned this file.

Visibly annoyed by the slowness of the negotiations for the Princes Park, Nasser Al-Khelaifi recently threw a stone into the pond by assuring that he wanted another stadium for the PSG. A way to put pressure on the City of Paris which is very demanding for the sale of the enclosure of the Porte de Saint-Cloud. Emmanuel Gregoirefirst deputyAnne Hidlagoalso provides an update on this file.

“It’s not a simple question”

” Is the Park for sale? It’s not a simple question. We have never ruled out selling the Park. We want PSG to stay at the Park at all costs. It is an intertwined story. We need the club in Paris. It’s the club of the capital and we want it to stay that way. The difficulty is that the sale of public goods responds to very strong legal constraints. I believe that the president of PSG had these constraints in mind, but he forgot them a little. You must first propose a price, then have it validated by the administration of Bercy. It cannot be sold for less than the price established by the domains. It is finally necessary to convince the council of Bercy. Even if I would agree, and we can start on this assumption, I would have to manage to convince a majority of the 163 councilors in Paris. It is not so simple “, he launches into the microphone of RMC before mentioning the price of Princes Park.

“The empty Park is worth much less”

” Le Parc with PSG is worth a lot. The empty Park is worth much less. So it’s not easy to say how much it’s really worth. The price depends on legal criteria. The Park has an absolutely astronomical land value. Some experts say the Park is worth 1 billion euros. On the other side, PSG say it’s worth 40 million euros. We have an expert report produced by independent experts who say that it is worth 350 million euros. But there are plenty of complex technical underlyings. We respect PSG more than anything. We also respect the shareholder of PSG. Since I have been in charge of these subjects, we have accelerated the discussions. One hypothesis is to renegotiate a very long-term lease. What I understand from the interventions of the president of PSG is that there is real impatience », adds Emmanuel Gregoire.