Exchanging through media of all kinds, joking about it, that’s good. Meeting to find solutions is better. This is what the senior executives of PSG and SNCF have planned to do by the end of September to put a (temporary) end to the controversy over the means of transport of the champion club of France. According to information from Figaro on September 8 that we were able to confirm, the purchasing department of PSG and the SNCF will meet to “discuss more precisely”.
The two parties will then see what the railway company can offer the club to get its stars into the carriages. So far, according to the club, the exchanges between the two parties have “not been fruitful. Contact requests from us have increased this summer, ”notes the club to our colleagues. Still according to PSG, the SNCF “did not respond to our purchasing department”. In any case until this Monday, September 5, when “the SNCF came forward” after the tweet of the director of TGV Intercités Alain Krakovitch who wondered why the PSG had joined Nantes by private plane and not by train, more ecological.
The girls are regulars
Within the railway company, however, no one confirms the holding of this next meeting. The SNCF simply promises that it “prospects with all the clubs and vice versa” stressing that it has two offers for professional clubs: the chartering of “special TGVs”, fully privatized, or the privatization of part of a commercial train. According to Le Figaro, the SNCF has never “made an offer for the men’s team” of PSG. The Parisian players, on the other hand, are regulars on the train. They made all their trips by rail last season, except for their match in Lyon.
Anyway, the meeting scheduled for the end of the month is expected. The club hopes that the SNCF will offer “a robust offer”, which meets all its criteria, in terms of schedules, in particular the possibility of returning on the evening of matches, security and cost. The SNCF ensures that it is “able to meet the constraints of the PSG”.