The Champions League victory of the French football champion Paris Saint-Germain brought movement in the club’s dispute with the city leadership of the future of the Prince Park Stadium.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo suggested new discussions two days after the 5-0 triumph of PSG in the royal class final in Munich against Inter Milan, but rejected a sale that was aimed for by the association.
“Our door is open to an expansion of the Prince Park, which is the property of the city of Paris at all times. Sell no, expansion yes!” Said the socialist of the news agency “AFP” and handed the club hands: “I want PSG to continue to play in the prince park.”
PSG club owner threatens to move
The association and the administration of the French metropolis have been in the clinch for almost three years because of the PSG home in the clinch. Club owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi makes the capacity of 48,000 to 60,000 spectators dependent on PSG costs from the prior transfer of property rights to PSG.
Again and again the Qatar, who has been feeling “in Paris in Paris” for some time now, threatened again and again, in the past, with the move to another arena in the Paris region and with the construction of an arena. Ten cities are also said to have already expressed interest as the new home of the association.
The city categorically insists on its right. The final stadium of the EM 1984 was “inheritance of the city and its citizens”.
Hidalgo wants to use PSG title
Hidalgo, which was “not invited” by PSG to the final, wants to use the new enthusiasm for PSG to soften the hardened fronts: “The final has again shown the connection of an entire city with the prince park and the magic, which is already created in the stadium in large games itself during transmission.”
At the beginning of the week, al-Khelaifi, Hidalgo made an offer via her vice-sports director Pierre Rabadan. “The fact that the city remains the owner does not prevent the association from carrying out renovation work,” said Rabadan with regard to a corresponding agreement with the management of the Roland Garros tennis facility as French Open home: “Legal agreements are possible, including a long-term lease contract, which enables PSG to invest and benefit from it for several decades.”