Nasser al-Khelaïfi’s announcement about PSG’s departure from the Parc des Princes made Yoann Riou lose his temper.
This is one of the weekend statements that caused the most reaction from Paris Saint-Germain. Speaking to several media, the club’s president, Nasser al-Khelaïfi, affirmed that the history of the Parisian club at the Parc des Princes was about to end. Unable to discuss with the Paris town hall, the Qatari boss therefore publicly announced his intention to look for another stadium. If for the moment there are only words and no concrete facts, Nasser al-Khelaïfi’s speech has triggered numerous reactions. Sometimes epidermal.
Journalist Yoann Riou, for example, criticized the club president’s statements, targeting Qatar, owner of PSG, more generally. “ That’s everything I hate about football. I know that everyone has been saying amen in Qatar for years, everyone is lowering themselves, everyone is showing allegiance, everyone is saying ‘ok, ok, ok’. It’s high time to say no. Until proven otherwise, the town hall (of Paris) absolutely has no business selling the Parc des Princes to the Qatari PSG. But how would the Parc des Princes become a private domain? God knows I’m not pro-Hidalgo, but there, she’s right. »
“They respect absolutely nothing”
The channel’s columnist The Team continued his diatribe in the same vein, still targeting the owner of Paris Saint-Germain: “ They want, as usual, as they respect absolutely nothing in sport, to once again create something above ground. In addition, we know very well that the construction of a stadium takes at least ten years. Will Qatar still be here in a year? We do not know anything. » Very upset, the journalist then made his own assessment of more than ten years of PSG, Qatari version.
“ They annoy us with their brand stuff, Nike, Jordan, but at some point we have to talk about football, and football for me is the Parc des Princes. It’s still incredible that after ten years of Qatar, the best memory we have of PSG is still Antoine Kombouaré, it’s still the goal against Real Madrid (in the C3 quarter-final, in 1993), it is still the exploits of the gang of Luis Fernandez, Artur Jorge and Michel Denisot. »
