Guest of the Grandes Gules of Sport on RMC this Saturday, Pierre Ferracci indicated that he was modeling the Atalanta Bergame from a sporting point of view and German football at the economic level. The president of Paris FC, who has just went to Ligue 1, had been joined in November Denrier by the Arnault family and Red Bull.
Paris FC managed to go up in Ligue 1. After four failures during the play-offs since 2018-2019, the Parisian club validated its ticket directly for the elite this Friday, after its draw in Martigues (1-1). Guest of the Grandes Gules du Sport on RMC this Saturday, President Pierre Ferracci gave some tracks as to the continuation of the project.
At the head of the club since 2012, Pierre Ferracci remained president after the takeover last November of Paris FC by the Arnault family, arrived in the company of Red Bull. “My model is Germany,” said the manager. “We must bring economic forces. With them, all large companies are in football, to be sponsor or shareholder, often both. This gives economic solidity to football that we do not have in France. They fill the stadiums, we do it less.”
“The model I asked to copy is that of Atalanta”
Ferracci is expected to hand over to one of the children of Bernard Arnault in 2027, probably in Antoine who accompanies him since the acquisition. In the meantime, the president of the PFC thinks that this acquisition could “give wings to others”. “Xavier Niel begins in National 2 and it is all the more meritorious, since he spent 20 years in Créteil. Laval brings the Lactalis group to shareholding. These are good signs. We have to consolidate football like that,” said Ferracci.
If Paris FC finally accesses Ligue 1, the club “was not ready before” according to Ferracci, due to the lack of infrastructure. Next season, the PFC will share the Jean-Bouin stadium with the Stade Français. “If we had mounted before, it would have been very complicated. We are not going to burn the steps,” once again warned iron. “The model I asked to copy is that of Atalanta. I discussed with the leaders. They are in the Italian top 5 but they have not always been. They have a very beautiful training center, they recruit well.”
“We also have the support of Redbull, that’s the intelligence of the Arnault family. Not to play the multi-ownership but to use Redbull’s know-how,” added Pierre Ferracci, all the same cautious. “I said to the Arnault family: Europe is not programmed, it works.” As for the soap opera of TV rights, Pierre Ferracci also has a clear opinion on the question: “I am delighted to have the Arnault family but I would have been all the more if I had it in an environment a little more satisfactory than that of today.”
GL with the big gules of sport
