The accumulation of functions sometimes poses a problem. This is the conclusion drawn by the report of a Senate committee on the subject of
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. The president of
PSGaccording to one of the chambers of the French National Assembly, should not have been on July 14 at the table of the board of directors of the LFP which decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with
DAZN And BeIN Sports France
as part of the allocation of TV rights for the French Championship.
The Qatari leader is also the president of BeIN Media Group, whose French subsidiary, BeIN Sportsobtained the broadcast of a Ligue 1 match and the entirety of Ligue 2 for the period 2024-2029. The Senate report of the information mission on investment funds in football recommends “ the incompatibility between the function of member of the board of directors of a professional league or its commercial company and the holding of interests or the exercise of functions within an audiovisual broadcasting company. »
Barbouzeries, the investigation continues
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, also president of the European Club Association (ECA), finds himself involved in a case of “barbouzeries”. Tayeb Benabderrahmane, a 43-year-old Franco-Algerian lobbyist, accuses the PSG boss of having ordered his kidnapping and subsequent sequestration in January 2020 in Qatar. The supposed purpose of NAK was to recover sensitive documents.
Benabderrahmane allegedly possessed intimate images of the Qatari leader with his mistress and emails linked to possible embezzlement for the attribution of the 2022 World Cup. The complaint against Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was filed for the heads of “ torture, kidnapping and sequestration. » In February 2023, three investigating judges from the Paris court were appointed to investigate this matter.
Tayeb Benabderrahmane and two former police officers were indicted during a judicial investigation for influence peddling and corruption around PSG. This is where the sensitive documents affecting Nasser Al-Khelaïfi were revealed.
