Despite the bitter failure against Real Madrid in the Champions League, the president of the Parisian club is sure to keep his job, says The Parisian.
Despite the storm that has shaken the club internally since the elimination in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Real Madrid, Nasser Al Khelaïfi should remain in charge of the club next season. At the head of Paris SG since 2011, the trusted man of Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, will indeed continue his mission as president, assures Le Parisien.
Even if the angry supporters, launched in a protest movement, claimed his head last Sunday at the Parc des Princes, just like that of Leonardo, the position of “NAK” has never been weakened in recent days, explains the daily. . “There is no threat to his future“Said a source close to the authorities in Doha. “It is unbreakable except for major health concerns“, abounds another interlocutor, intimate with the management of the club.
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Despite the bitter failure of 2022 in the Champions League, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi’s record remains excellent in the eyes of power in Doha, which above all wants to retain the club’s progress at European level in recent seasons. Before the flop of 2022, PSG remains in effect on a final (defeat against Bayern Munich in 2020) and a semi-final (elimination against Manchester City in 2021) of C1. The disappointment of the past week is therefore not enough to call into question the work done by the manager, even if expectations have been enormous since the arrival of Lionel Messi last summer.
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The threat of a conviction in a TV rights lawsuit
There is a shadow on the board, however: the legal troubles of the president of the chain Bein Sports. The boss with multiple hats (as well as Jérôme Valcke, former number 2 of Fifa) is suspected of “unfair management“In a file for obtaining television rights for the 2026 and 2030 World Cups. Twenty-eight months in prison were required against him by the Swiss federal prosecutor’s office, which appealed after the acquittal at first instance. The verdict should come in a few weeks. A sword of Damocles above the former professional tennis player who could be forced to let go of his post if a firm conviction falls. His possible successor should in any case come from the Qatari fold. The possibility of seeing a non-Qatari leader named “is impossible“, precise The Parisian which indicates that the entourage of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi “remains confident in view of an acquittal as at first instance.»