Cash response from Paris City Hall to Nasser al-Khelafi on the Parc des Princes

Yesterday, Nasser El-Khelafi was closely followed by journalists from the famous show El Chiringuito de Jugones. Present in the capital where the UEFA congress was held, they went out of their way to question the president of Paris Saint-Germain about Kylian Mbappé. The Parisian boss’s response was brief and taught nothing new. On the other hand, NAK was more vocal to the French media when it came to discussing the famous Parc des Princes issue. It is no secret that PSG want to own the Parisian venue and carry out expansion work to increase the stadium’s capacity to 60,000 or 70,000 seats. But Ile-de-France leaders have resisted the firmness of Paris town halls for months.

NAK is determined

Again this week, Annie Hidalgo confirmed this. “I say it again (…) once and for all: there will be no sale of the Parc des Princes.”

A message fully heard by Al-Khelafi who responded yesterday. “Now it is very easy to say that the stadium is no longer for sale. We know what we want, we wasted years trying to buy a park. It is over now. We want to move from the park.” An ad with a bombshell effect. And if we can think of a new attempt to pressure Paris City Hall to bend, that is clearly not the case. According to Team*, NAK is determined to pursue his idea. According to him, Anne Hidalgo lied to him and played a double game, privately assuring him for 8 years that the sale of Parc des Princes was possible.

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But she never took the issue further. An attitude that was not to the taste of the President of Paris, who apparently felt betrayed and used for political reasons. He believes his club is being pushed out. But this is not the case. The city of Paris wants PSG to continue playing in its legendary stadium. Silent yesterday, the town hall finally broke out of silence in the column of Parisian. Paris’ deputy mayor in charge of sports, Pierre Rabadon, responded to the PSG leader. “We want PSG to stay at the Parc des Princes. Many solutions are possible for this, without going through a stadium sellout. We have been calling for the resumption of dialogue for two years.” But the story behind the scenes is different.

Paris Town Hall is getting annoying

An elected official, who chose to remain anonymous, revealed: “When Nasser says they’ve lost eight years, that’s wrong,” fumed one elected official. We worked with them for almost three years to increase the capacity of the stadium. We were in favor of it. But at that time, there was no question of selling. Club leaders have told us since 2022 that they want to buy the stadium. But the announced price, 38 million euros, did not live up to the expectations of the Paris town hall, which wanted. “At least one more zero.” Still in the columns of Le Parisien, another elected official said bluntly: “There are rules to respect, and the president of PSG does not understand them. Given the composition of the council, conditions are not met for the sale of Parc des Princes. And even if there is a change in 2026, it is not certain that the situation will be different. »

Yesterday, after his media release, Nasser Al-Khelafi, who is ready to go to the end, organized a meeting inside the club to discuss this hot issue and accelerate in other ways. But this does not really please the supporters, who want to continue to support their club at the Parc des Princes. The club is hopeful of convincing its fans, as a source close to NAK reminds Le Parisien. “Remember Euro Disney. When it was built, everyone laughed that it was too far to attract people. Today, the debate has no reason to exist.”

Before adding “They are building the club for the next 100 years, not for a six-year political position like the mayor.” If the final twist cannot be ruled out, Al-Khelafi Stadium is set to change, not ready to wait for the possible arrival of a new mayor in 2026.