Hectic day for the president of Paris Saint-Germain, who went through the search box. Still between two planes, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was to return to Paris this Wednesday for the press conference aimed at presenting the new coach of the capital club, Luis Enrique. Appointment made for 2 p.m. Effective start of said press conference shortly before 5 p.m. We quickly learned that Mr. Al-Khelaïfi was not yet at the new training center in Poissy. Plane delay? Yes. In the evening, Mediapart brings a new element: the home of the 49-year-old Qatari was “searched by the police as part of the investigation into the detention in Qatar of a lobbyist, who is also suspected of having carried out investigations illegal acts on behalf of the club and of having obtained sensitive documents belonging to Nasser al-Khelaïfi”.
Le Figaro is able to confirm this information. If Nasser Al-Khelaïfi arrived nearly three hours after the time initially indicated, it is however only because of the “delay of the plane and a personal problem”, we are assured. The investigating judge, whose presence at the descent of the plane was planned by “NAK” and his entourage, wanted him to accompany him to his home. What Nasser Al-Khelaïfi refused, in order to rally Poissy. The Parisian president therefore signed a discharge so that the search took place without him, which ultimately only took “a handful of minutes”, we are told. The entourage of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi nevertheless shows total confidence in this affair.
The 42-year-old Franco-Algerian lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane filed a complaint for torture, kidnapping and forcible confinement with civil action in 2022, claiming to have been detained for six months in Qatar because of documents which he says are compromising for Nasser Al- Khelaïfi, who recently filed a complaint for defamation. Mr. Benabderrahmane and several former police officers were indicted at the end of September as part of a separate judicial investigation for influence peddling and corruption around PSG.
