“It’s over. We’re going to leave the Parc des Princes,” said Al-Khelaifi after the UEFA Congress held in Paris and in which he was re-elected as head of the European Club Association (ECA) and as a member. of the UEFA Executive Committee.
Two days after the mayor of Paris, the socialist Anne Hidalgo, managed to approve a motion registering the stadium in the city’s heritage, which makes its sale difficult, Al-Khalaefi raised the tone and declared negotiations with the City Council broken. .
“It is too easy to say now that the stadium is not for sale. We know what we want, we have wasted years wanting to buy the Parc des Princes. Now it’s over, we’re leaving,” said the Qatari president.
It is not the first time that Al-Khelaifi threatens to leave the Parc des Princes, although he has never been so blunt.
The media have published in recent months that PSG has explored land located on the outskirts of Paris to build a new stadium.