Seen and read about PSG this Sunday, July 5, 2020 in the French press.
Adil Aouchiche (17 years old) will become after July 15 (day of his majority synonymous with possible commission for his agents) an AS player Saint Etienne. Its three representatives agreed with the Greens. A first professional contract of three years (legal maximum), which must be extended from the first season to five years, will be initialed. Because Saint-Etienne is investing seriously in this business and wants to amortize.
“Although free, ASSE will have to pay training compensation of around € 1.2 million to PSG. Plus one signing bonus to the player estimated at 4 M € and a salary of around € 100,000 gross monthly, written The team. This financial effort corresponds to Puel’s expectations. The general manager wanted make Aouchiche the standard bearer of its new sports policy, targeting young people with high potential. So it will be, and the environment fits perfectly with this portrait-robot.“
“Qualified for the next season, he will not be able to be aligned during the final of the Coupe de France against PSG, July 24, says The Parisian. It’s the end of a series that has been going on since May and a visit to the sports facilities in Saint-Etienne. PSG have just lost the second most talented player of the generation 2002. ”
“OM’s takeover plans involving Saudi funds are causing concern in Doha. Qatar does not want its biggest political rival to take root in European football, assures The Parisian. Saudi Arabia tried to enter through the front door in European football, with an official buyout offer from 80% of the Newcastle club, for € 330m in mid-April. An offensive that sparked a strong reaction from the Qatari group BeIN Sports, through Youssef al-Obaidly. The latter wrote a letter to Richard Masters, the boss of the Premier League, to express his opposition (The Saudis have developed TV sports piracy with beoutQ, editor’s note). […] In France, the LFP does not roll out the red carpet either. Having evidence that establishes the responsibility of Saudi Arabia in the operations of beoutQ, LFP complained in France.“
“PSG is a crown jewel for Qatar and the country uses this club very effectively politically“, Explains Nicholas McGeehan, the director of the NGO FairSquare Projects, in the Ile-de-France newspaper. “The last thing he wants is to see their biggest rival club taken over by their biggest rival country.”