PSG-Botafogo: Between Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and John Textor, the underside of an unexpected reconciliation
In its second match of the Club World Cup, PSG faces Botafogo, also owned by the president of Olympique Lyonnais. After a public spat, the two leaders made peace in May. Here's an explanation.
By Laurent PerrinJohn Textor, president of Botafogo, in which he holds 90% of the shares, will sit next to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi in the stands of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday evening (Thursday night to Friday, at 3 a.m. in France) to watch the match between his Brazilian club and PSG . A few months ago, the image would have attracted all the cameras.
Between Textor and Al-Khelaïfi, it is first and foremost the story of a memorable clash . On July 14, in the middle of a debate on the failure of the TV rights negotiations, the American businessman took the president of PSG to task, accusing him of "tyrannical" behavior and a conflict of interest in his capacity as boss of BeIN Sports. Exasperated, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi said: " John, you're a cowboy who comes from nowhere, stop talking, you don't understand anything."
Le Parisien
