Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin
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8:37 p.m., December 27, 2022
It’s a huge blow for Paris Saint-Germain. Its general manager Jean-Claude Blanc has decided to leave the club to join Ineos. “Jean-Claude Blanc will join the Ineos management team as CEO of Ineos Sport from February 2023” and “will oversee the entire sports portfolio of Ineos, which covers football, Formula 1 , sailing, cycling, rugby and running,” Ineos Sport said in a statement.
PSG announced its departure on Monday evening “as part of the ongoing transformation of Paris Saint-Germain on and off the pitch”. “The current has been less with Qatar for a while,” assured Florian Anselme on the show. Europe 1 Sports.
As part of the ongoing transformation of Paris Saint-Germain on and off the pitch, Jean-Claude Blanc – Deputy CEO of Paris Saint-Germain – will, after 12 successful seasons, bid a warm farewell to pursue a new professional challenge in 2023.
— Paris Saint Germain (@PSG_inside) December 26, 2022
A “project worthy of his talent”
“As part of this, he will work closely with Dave Brailsford who will focus on very high level performance management,” the group continued.
As a reminder, Ineos is present in Formula 1 with the Mercedes team, in football with OGC Nice in France, FC Lausanne Sport in Switzerland and Racing Club Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, as well as in cycling with the Ineos Grenadiers team. The chemical giant also sponsors the New Zealand rugby team and the British challenge, which in 2024 will compete in the 37th edition of the America’s Cup under sail.
“The project proposed to him is at the height of his talent”, declared Alain Roche in Europe 1 Sports.
Big loss for PSG
Before his twelve years at Paris Saint-Germain, where he held the position of Deputy Managing Director, Jean-Claude Blanc was notably part of the management team of Juventus Turin (2006-2011) as General Administrator then President for most of the 2009-2010 season.
For Alain Roche, “he is an extremely discreet person but of great competence. He structured this club (PSG), he made it an international dimension. He modernized the stadium, he worked on the center of ‘coaching.” “We will have to find the right person to replace him for Paris Saint-Germain, because in fact he was the boss,” added Jacques Vendroux.
Jean-Claude Blanc must say goodbye to PSG on the occasion of the meeting Paris Saint-Germain – RC Strasbourg, Wednesday evening, a match to follow live and in full on the show Europe 1 Sports (every evening from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.).