Qatar threatens to withdraw its investments in France through its sovereign fund, including Paris Saint-Germain and the Bein Sports television channel, after the French justice imputed to its president, Nasser Al Khelaifi, in a case of corruption and influences.
According to the RMC Sport media, the imputation on February 5, but known this Thursday, of Al Khelaifi in a case that has nothing to do with the sport has exacerbated the spirits in Doha, from where they threaten to put an end to their investments in The country.
Specifically, in the PSG, where they arrived in 2011 with a strong investment commitment and with the will to stay perennially. But the judicial persecution that they say they suffer in France can lead them to change their minds.
According to RMC Sport, the imputation of February 5, but known this Thursday, of Al Khelaïfi has exacerbated the spirits in Doha
A cold government source cited by RMC Sport points out that its leaders are subject to “false judicial persecutions, blackmail, daily criticism, reprobations for the incompetence of others.”
“All the problems of France are yours,” adds that source, which indicates that they are accused of looking for influence when they come to the help of the country and that they are “tired of those abuses.” The drop that filled the glass was the imputation of Al Khelaïfi for a business case in which it is involved as administrator of the Qatari Sovereign Fund, which had investments in the Lagardère media group.
Al Khelaïfi, at the UEFA Congress of 2024.
The French justice investigates whether, in full battle for the control of this group among billionaires Vincent Bolloré, owner of Vivendi, and Bernard Arnault, owner of LVMH, Al Khelaïfi did not act in favor of the second.
He did, according to the researchers, at the request of Arnaud Lagardère, who then tried to get rid of the influence of Bolloré, which finally, in 2023, ended up absorbing the group founded by his father.
Justice investigates whether, in full battle for the control of the Lagardère Group, Al Khelaïfi did not act in favor of one of those involved
The representative that the Qatari fund had in the board of directors of that company changed the meaning of its vote and the researchers suspect if it could be due to the intervention of Al-Khelaïfi.
This imputation adds to other problems that the president of the PSG has had with French justice. In February 2023 he was discarded from the investigation for alleged corruption in the attribution to Qatar of the 2017 and 2019 Athletics World Cups, considering the French Supreme that the justice of that country was not competent for this case.
There are also open investigations in France for the attribution of the 2022 World Cup and the name of Al Khelaïfi appears in a case of kidnapping of an influential Algerian executive in Qatar.
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