The football-related shock of the month. The owners of Paris Saint-Germain sold a minority package of shares to American investors for more than half a billion euros!Qatar Sports Investment (QSI), which owns the Paris club, decided to open the doors to a partner after more than ten years of sovereign rule, and the decision fell on the American business gathered around the private equity platform Arctos Partners!##NAJAVA_MECA_7722020##As announced by all relevant football sources in Europe, and then confirmed by PSG itself, American investors took 12.5 percent of the club’s shares. Although the financial details of this acquisition have not been officially revealed, the renowned newspaper L’Equipe reveals that the new minority owners pay 531,000,000 euros for this deal! The value of the club is estimated at 4,300,000,000 European banknotes.”The partnership was formed on the basis of PSG’s plans for further global growth, which brings with it further football and commercial success,” said the first man of the French champion Nasser Al Khelaifi.As explained, the entry of American capital should bring with it the raising of the club’s functioning to the next level, capital development, but also the arrival of financial, economic and sports experts. Let’s remind you that Al Khelaifi revealed in an interview with the Financial Times a little more than a year ago that the club is negotiating with several interested parties on the sale of about 15 percent of the shares.NEWS: Arctos Partners, the most active of the sports-focused PE firms, has announced its investment in Qatari-owned @PSG_English.Here’s an incomplete (but expansive) look at the Arctos deals that we’re aware of 👇📈: @Sportico / @LevAkabas pic.twitter.com/uAspISOzlw— Eben Novy-Williams (@novy_williams) December 7, 2023 QSI took PSG over in 2011, and the value of the club at that time was estimated at 70,000,000 euros. Since then, the Qatari sheiks have invested more than one billion euros in the development of the club. PSG have become the dominant force in France with nine titles in the last 11 years, but without significant success in Europe. More precisely, one Champions League final does not satisfy the owners…Arctos Partners is an investment group that has invested its capital in more than 20 sports organizations such as Liverpool, Aston Martin in Formula 1, and clubs in the NBA, NHL and MLB, MLS… This group was formed in 2019 in Dallas.American influence in European football is increasing…More American owners in European football? Verona next in line
