The Council of Paris adopted Thursday a wish of the communist group wishing that the City decide on the "
future of the Parc des Princes
" and "
a possible sale to PSG
", while the club threatens to leave the enclosure if the negotiations fail .
A second wish submitted by environmentalists asking the City to "
categorically refuse any proposal to purchase the stadium
" was however rejected.
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"
We have not closed the door but (selling) is not our priority option
", summarized the first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire in early December, responding to the president of PSG Nasser Al-Khelaïfi.
The latter had declared in an interview: "
They (the town hall, editor's note) are pressuring us to leave
".
“
For the ecologists, the sale of the Parc des Princes is not an option at all
”, hammered the elected EELV Antoinette Guhl.
“
We want (…) to keep Parisian heritage public.
We refuse a Qatari enclave in Paris which would transform the Parc des Princes into a huge commercial and tourist center
, “she said, launching:”
Would you be ready (...) to sell the Eiffel Tower?
The president of the communist group Nicolas Bonnet-Ouladj regretted for his part that the elected officials were "
not at all associated with the discussions
".
It's not just the lair of PSG, it's a heritage like the Eiffel Tower.
Nicolas Bonnet Ouladj
According to him, the communist wish aims to put the question of the evolution of the Parc des Princes “
into the game of democracy.
The Parc des Princes is of course the privileged place of PSG (...) but it is first and foremost a monument that has existed since 1897 in Paris (...) There were 54 Tour de France arrivals at the Parc des Princes (....) it's not just the lair of PSG, it's a heritage like the Eiffel Tower
", he added, specifying that he agreed "
for work aimed at increasing the capacity of 48,000 to 60,000 places
”.
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"
We give a favorable opinion on the communist wish which says that there are different hypotheses (...) The principle of the reality of life is that we do not close a door before discussing with all the parties
", estimated Emmanuel Grégoire, who however favors "
the hypothesis of a long-term emphyteutic lease
".
The shareholder says “
that he does not want to pay hundreds of millions of euros (in investments, editor's note) to upgrade the Park without becoming its owner.
We say to ourselves + everything is not for sale +, as a matter of principle
”, he added, wishing that the City could “
support the development strategy of PSG
”.