Paris FC Eyes Parc des Princes if PSG Leaves, Majority Shareholder Says
Paris FC majority shareholder Antoine Arnault says the club would 'look at' taking over the Parc des Princes if PSG decides to leave. PFC wants a 30,000-35,000 seat stadium.
11th in Ligue 1 after an excellent end to the season, Paris FC is gradually showing its ambitions for the years to come. Majority shareholder Antoine Arnault notably raised the question of the stadium, with the Parisian club convinced that Jean-Bouin will become too small for its project. Paris FC is going to step up.
After the comfortable survival achieved this season, the promoted team will continue to develop its project. Its owners are always careful not to overpay for recruits in the transfer market. Nevertheless, the capital club will try to reach a new level with quality reinforcements.
This is obviously not the only evolution planned by the management. Speaking on RMC on Tuesday night, Arnault mentioned the need to improve the training center and to evolve into a larger venue. According to Le Parisien, Paris FC, which averaged 17,000 spectators this season at Stade Jean-Bouin, which can accommodate about 19,500 people, believes that its development will require a 30,000- to 35,000-seat stadium.
Stade Jean-Bouin is therefore considered too small, especially if the team qualifies for a European competition by 2029, which is Paris FC's objective. So what solutions are available to the Parisians? Besides the renovation of Charlety, the stadium where its men played last season in Ligue 2, Arnault also mentioned the expansion of Jean-Bouin, the construction of a new venue...