“It’s over for us, we want to move from the Parc des Princes,” announced Nasser Al-Khelafi.

“It’s over now, we want to move from the Parc des Princes”: PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi reacted on Thursday to the Paris council’s refusal of any sale of the venue to the club, a new exchange of arms between the club and the town hall.

“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’s over now, we want to get out of the park”Qatar’s leader told reporters on the sidelines of the UEFA Congress in Paris on Thursday.

The situation has been getting tense between the two camps amid continuous barrage of files for months. And for fear of passing the buck through the media, communication broke down between the club and the municipality.

On January 10, “NAK» reaffirmed his position. “To be honest with the city, I want respect, we didn’t get it, it hurts a lot because we have done good things for the city”He revealed to the RMC that he had poor relations with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

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PSG did not budge and later said it wanted to buy the stadium to take its economic model to the next level, following the example of many of the biggest European clubs, their venue owners.

The Parisian club, Town Hall, locked in a 30-year long lease with the owner until the end of 2043, considers the acquisition of the stadium essential to carry out its expansion project to 60,000 seats, compared to around 48,000 at present.

“Parc des Princes is the best stadium in the world, but the supporters need a bigger stadium, closer to the pitch”The PSG boss insisted on RMC.

Montigny-le-Bretonneux option

The acquisition of a minority stake in PSG’s capital by American fund Arctos Partners in December was also seen as a way to provide fresh guarantees for the club’s purchase of the Parc des Princes.

But negotiations with the municipality have stalled for more than a year and nothing has changed in this announcement, with the Paris executive denying any transfer of the Porte de Saint-Cloud stadium.

This position was reaffirmed on Tuesday by the Council of Paris, which requested the modernization of the sports venue “Conducted within the framework of an arrangement satisfactory to all parties but not involving its transfer”, one year after PS Councilor, Anne Hidalgo closed the door on the sale. Park “will not be sold”She confirmed in January 2023.

In early January 2024, Paris deputy mayors Emmanuel Grégoire and Pierre Rabadon called on PSG to resume dialogue, saying they wanted to give it. “Guarantee” Very long term rental. Contacted by AFP on Thursday, Paris City Hall did not immediately respond.

LR Mayor of the 16th Arrondissement, Jeremy Radler, “PSG’s decision to leave Park and Paris regretted”He explained to AFP on Thursday. “We had to open a dialogue and they closed it willingly, it was a mistake”He added, reacting to the decision of the Paris Council.

Faced with acrimony from the municipality, PSG considered several options, including a takeover of the Stade de France, before withdrawing its candidacy. The club is now studying the option of building another stadium in the Paris region, specifically in Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines), located about thirty kilometers from Paris. A meeting on the subject is planned for Thursday afternoon at PSG, according to a source close to the club, which now wants to halt all development and investment at the Parc des Princes.

According to this source, “NAK” Believes the club has lost eight years and if the town hall had said eight years ago that the Parc des Princes was not for sale, the club would have already moved.