The refectory room at the Paris FC training center in Orly was packed with around a hundred people accredited this Wednesday afternoon for Antoine Arnault’s first speech. Alongside President Pierre Ferracci, the future strongman of the current leader of Ligue 2, and general director of Christian Dior SE, the family holding company which notably controls LVMH (Editor’s note: also owner of the Parisien), explained for almost an hour the reasons for the arrival of his family as majority shareholder of Paris FC and detailed the association he was going to form with Red Bull.
The “closing” will be definitively completed after the extraordinary general meeting of the club on November 29 which will ratify the new board of directors of the club.
Pierre Ferracci revealed that Michel Denisot, the former president of PSG, will make his debut. Until 2027, the capital will be distributed as follows: 52% for Agache (Arnault family), 30% for Pierre Ferracci’s holding company, 11% for Red Bull and 7% for BRI Sports Holdings. Anglo-Sri Lankan shareholder who did not wish to sell his shares. By 2027, the Arnault family will have around 80% and Red Bull, 15%.
“Build the largest training center in France”
Antoine Arnault specified that “training will be at the center of our strategy with the objective of 6, 7, 8 players from the club in the first team. With Red Bull, we have the objective of building the largest training center in France in Paris. Red Bull knows how to do what we don’t know how to do. They have revolutionary Data tools, They already knew all the Paris FC players inside out. »
Asked about the role of Jürgen Klopp, new boss of the football section at Red Bull, Antoine Arnault was enthusiastic: “I have already met and discussed with Jürgen Klopp. He is very excited about the prospect of working on the project and with the teams.” The distribution of roles with Red Bull is clear. “It will remain a sporting partner,” says Antoine Arnault. The club will always belong to our family. There will be no timeshare and Red Bull Paris FC. »
