In recent years, PSG has been embroiled in numerous controversies and they are not always sporting. This Thursday evening, the daily The Team made heavy revelations about a certain Hugues Renson, LREM MP from 2017 to 2022 and former vice-president of the National Assembly. The latter was indicted for influence peddling. Indeed, he is suspected of having provided services to PSG and of having requested places in the VIP area of the Parc des Princes, advantages for his children (including in particular a place as an escort kids on the day of Neymar’s presentation) but also and above all a job at the club. According to the French newspaper, the MP intervened several times to help obtain a visa for China for PSG staff, to influence the Ligue 1 Championship calendar and the spectator gauge in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, or to facilitate administrative procedures at the request of Jean-Martial Ribes, the former communications director of PSG.
According to the indiscretions of L’Teamin the Neymar case, the magistrates also suspect PSG of having solicited Hugues Renson to obtain tax advantages on the acquisition of the Brazilian. The investigators also found telephone conversations between Hugues Renson and Gérald Darmanin (Minister of Public Accounts at the time) that support this. The MP also recovered tickets for PSG matches and was even contacted at the time by Gabriel Attal to recover some. Renson also intervened at the time to cancel the order banning the wearing of the PSG jersey in the streets of Marseille (in 2020). He had also regularly questioned Jean-Martial Ribes, former communications director of PSG, to find out whether or not he had the right to position himself against the SuperLeague or to react to rumors of Mbappé’s departure. Finally, on many occasions, he asked for a position within PSG, regularly offering his services and even going so far as to contact Nasser Al-Khelaïfi for this. But this will never come to fruition despite a meeting to this effect. Revelations which risk causing discussion.
