PSG: Nasser Al-Khelaïfi says he earns between "15 and 25 million dollars" per year

The figures were released at the request of the Swiss magistrates who judge the case.

Heard Wednesday at the Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona (Switzerland), as part of the trial of "Fifagate", the president of PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, had to detail his personal emoluments in court.

The 46-year-old leader declared in 2017 "between 15 and 25 million dollars" (12 to 21 million euros) of annual income and "between 70 and 100 million dollars" (60 to 85 million euros) of fortune personal.

This income is linked to the various positions he occupies.

In addition to being president of PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi heads beIN Media Group and the Qatar Tennis Federation.

He is also a member of Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), Qatar Investment Authority, film production company Miramax, and Minister of State.

Laconic in front of the court, the former tennis player recognizes three meetings in September and October 2013 with Jérôme Valcke, ex-number two of Fifa.

In the process, the prosecution accuses him of having bought the Villa Bianca, a luxurious residence in Italy, through a company, of having transferred the property to the brother of one of his close collaborators, before giving it to Valcke for 18 months.

Valcke and Al-Khelaïfi evoke a "private" affair

For the Swiss prosecution, the interpretation is clear: the leaders have concluded a "corruption pact" intended to promote the obtaining by beIN of media rights for the 2026 and 2030 World Cups in North Africa and the Middle East, according to a contract signed in April 2014 with Fifa.

"No report", hammer in turn the two men, at ease on this subject as the beIN contract is generous: far from harming the football body, the Qatari channel offered 60% more than for the 2018 Worlds and 2022, even though it had already killed all competition.

The affair would therefore be “private”, they assure, without completely clarifying his motivation: Jérôme Valcke admits having submitted his financing problem to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, in the name of their “friendly relations for years”.

The boss of beIN ensures, for his part, to have simply facilitated the "investment project" of the brother of his colleague and friend, because the latter "could not form a company" for lack of Qatari nationality.

He faces five years in prison

But the audience also showed the multiplicity of subjects discussed between the two men: beyond television rights, one of their meetings focused on an investment project in Los Angeles alongside David Beckham, Declined by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, while another took them in a private jet to the Emir of Qatar to advance in the organization of the 2022 World Cup.

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Nasser Al-Khelaïfi faces five years in prison for "instigation of unfair management".