Nasser Al-Khelaïfi who would act in the shadows for the takeover of Manchester United? This is what we have read on some British sites in recent hours. Rumors brushed aside by the president of Paris Saint-Germain, on the sidelines of a meeting of the ECA, which he leads. The Qatari leader simply admitted to having answered a few questions, as he would have done for any other club. “I didn’t know who this guy was, but he asked me and I gave him my opinion. I don’t work for anyone. I want the best for football”, assures “NAK”. Recall that his Qatari compatriot, Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad al Thani, is in the fight with the British group Ineos to acquire Manchester United, put on the market by the Glazer family. “I am asked for my opinion and then apparently I make a deal, it’s a joke,” quips the 49-year-old manager.
“Nothing to do with MU? No at all, PSG is my club, and it is in my heart, still promises the president of QSI and Paris Saint-Germain. There is nothing else there. Here, as president of the ECA, I would like to have better competitions and stronger clubs. My French league, and anyone else who is in the French league – if they asked me questions like that, I would tell them my opinion, do this do that in my opinion – I want the best for the French league, all European leagues and competitions”. Clear, crisp and precise. Asked about the possibility of seeing Qatari investors multiply takeovers in European football in the future, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi further replied that: “I am favorable to all investors, not only Qataris, if c is within the rules.” Speaking of rules, PSG have made respecting financial fair play one of their priorities for this summer, but that’s another story.
