Qatar aims for a golden project with PSG, the revolution is underway

Passionate about sport, cinema and television (on screen and behind it) since childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilful with the keyboard in hand than with the ball, he decided to mainly cover a much-loved sport, criticized and hated both (football) and a sport that is not (wrestling).

More than 10 years after the takeover of Paris Saint-Germain, Qatar wants to get their hands on another European cador with Manchester United. The Glazer family is looking for a buyer for the English formation and would welcome this interest. Despite the UEFA regulations, the Gulf country could get the green light to achieve its goals.

Manchester United will he soon be under the Qatari flag alongside Paris Saint-Germain? It is in any case the will displayed by the sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al Thani. While the family Glazerowner of Red Devils since 2005, wishes to separate from the English formation, Qatar is on the lookout as some sources have indicated very recently. I’UEFA However, it prohibits an owner from owning two clubs likely to meet in the European Cup, but the Gulf country has a strategy in mind to circumvent this regulation.

Qatar’s strategy to own PSG and Manchester United

If the PSG is controlled by QSI (Qatar Sport Investments) since its takeover in 2011, Qatar has the idea of handing over the reins of Manchester United To QIA (Qatar Investment Authority), and thus show theUEFA that the two clubs are not owned by a single entity. A scheme likely to work according to The Daily Mail. The British media claims that theUEFA seems ready to give Qatar the green light to buy Manchester Uniteddespite the apparent conflict of interest this could cause in the Champions League because of the PSG.

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UEFA could give the green light

Indeed, the European football body could give its approval on the condition that the sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani remains a symbolic figure of PSG and of Manchester United, without intervention, and that the two clubs have separate management, without any common structure. I’UEFA has already set a precedent by authorizing the RB Leipzig and the Red Bull Salzburg to participate in the Champions League, while the two teams are financed by the company Red Bull. The Qatari project therefore seems to be taking shape, while the latter seem to be the only ones capable of approaching the demands of the family. Glazerwho hopes to pocket 6.7 billion euros, while Jim Ratcliffefounder ofIneos and owner of theOGC Nicehas already positioned itself.