Gerard Piqué, the central defender with three Champions Leagues in the spans of the Bauer stadium in Saint-Ouen.
The Image can make you smile but it could have come true if the offer to buy the international from FC Barcelona had been accepted very recently.
In an interview with
L'Équipe
this Friday, the player revealed that he had been at the heart of a project to become co-owner of the club today in National, the third level of football in France.
The offer, submitted last spring, in the company of French businessmen, did not succeed.
“
We were on the verge of buying the Red Star.
Unfortunately, we arrived a little late in the negotiations.
But I went to Paris, I saw the stadium, I spoke with Patrice Haddad, the owner at the time.
It interested me because
it's been working very well since we bought FC Andorra", justified Shakira's companion who detailed his motivations for investing in a club in the Paris suburbs, the most valuable player pool in the world. world.
“
We looked in Europe for a club that could meet our desires and our expectations.
And the Red Star, for its history, the fact that it is in Paris (in Saint-Ouen)
,
for its spectacular supporters, its stadium which is being renovated... we liked it right away.
We made a very good offer at the last minute, but it didn't happen in the end,"
added the 35-year-old player and businessman, head of the Kosmos Global Holding group, which acquired the rights to organization of the Davis Cup for the next 25 years.