This is a case that risks once again shaking up the media side of Paris Saint-Germain. According to newspaper information The worldinternal messages at PSG obtained during a judicial investigation opened in 2022 indicate close links between a member of PSG and Pascal Ferré, former editor-in-chief of France Football and responsible for organizing the Ballon d’Or. Indeed, the former communications director of PSG, Jean-Martial Ribes, currently indicted for corruption and influence peddling, would be lobbying with Pascal Ferré according to Médiapart.
All-expense-paid trips to Qatar, easier access to the Parc des Princes, articles France Football deleted about an illegal commission paid by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi during the transfer of Javier Pastore in 2011, in short, the relationship between the two men was fluid. Mediapart announces that Jean-Martial Ribes would have sent a message to the president of PSG, announcing lobbying. “We’re going to lobby, so let’s have lunch with Pascal (Ferré)“. An enigmatic message that raises a question. Mediapart And The world indicate that all the offerings granted to Pascal Ferré were an attempt to lobby around the Ballon d’Or obtained by Lionel Messi in 2021, while he was playing at PSG. Ironically, Pascal Ferré is today the director of press relations for PSG.
