This Wednesday morning, L’Equipe reported that Qatar Sports Investments is ready to sell its stake in Paris Saint-Germain in the event of a “good offer”. QSI replied to sports journalist Ben Jacobs.
“QSI, owners of PSG, respond to L’Equipe’s report saying Qatar’s Emir wants to sell the club.
QSI spokesperson: “This is completely false, the same newspaper writes the same complete rubbish week and week again. The shareholders have just spent €350m on Poissy, with further major expansions at Campus just announced, and are looking to invest hundreds of millions on a new stadium, while increasing our investments across football, sports and entertainment, but apparently we are looking to sell.”
Clearly, QSI is not selling. This comes as no surprise, given that L’Equipe is no stranger to spreading rumours in all directions, particularly on the “alarming” side whenever there’s something negative on the sporting front. Drama obviously attracts.
Nevertheless, we agree that the majority shareholder could undoubtedly consider an “attractive offer”. If it bears that name, it’s because it’s interesting. But it would be for an astronomical sum, given the club’s current valuation of over 4 billion euros.
Incidentally, a takeover would probably not be a disaster, as the buyer could also arrive with the desire to make the club even bigger. But that’s a long way off.
