Selling the Parc des Princes to Paris Saint-Germain "is clearly not our priority option", said the first deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, Thursday, November 24 at the microphone of Sud Radio, denouncing "a stroke of pressure " from PSG who indicated that he could play elsewhere.
In an interview with the press on Wednesday, the president of the Parisian club Nasser Al-Khelaïfi assured that, unable to become the owner of the Parc des Princes (48.000 places), QSI, which owns PSG, could seek another stadium, a few days after announcing plans to sell shares in the club.
“They hold a lease, a 30-year lease, they would like to be able to initiate an investment phase, and they say: we inject 500 or 600 million (euros) of work only if we are owners. it is not our first inclination to sell them the Parc des Princes. It is the heritage of the city, of the Parisians", explained Emmanuel Grégoire.
"Discussions are underway around the sale and we told them: before even knowing if we want to sell, we would have to agree on a price. Today, we have not yet reached the end of these discussions" , continued the elected Parisian.
The leaders of the club "said that they wanted to do the work and buy and they were asked to make a proposal", for his part specified to AFP Pierre Rabadan, deputy in charge of sports at the town hall of Paris, qualifying PSG's proposal of "not very decent".
For Emmanuel Grégoire, "the negotiation tactic (...) can be likened to pressure" and "I don't think it's the right method".
"Our priority option is rather to stay on a lease model, long-term rental. The options are on the table, (selling) it's clearly not our preference and they know it," he insisted.
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