“The owner of Paris Saint Germain is a country: Qatar” – A morning for all

Lionel Messi’s departure from Barcelona had an impact on world football: on the one hand, because it was the end of an era; and on the other hand, because he made it clear that a club that raised 200 million euros less than the Catalan team in the 19/20 season, could afford to add Rosario to the luxurious team he already has.

“Paris Saint Germain is a unique case in the world because its owner is neither an entrepreneur, nor an investment fund, nor the partners: the owner is a country, Qatar”, said Channel 3 journalist José Ignacio Lladós, author of the book “The circus of peoples”.

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“Qatar is a small country which has the highest per capita income in the world and which is the main exporter of liquefied gas and oil,” he explained, adding: “It has a lot of conflicts with all the neighboring countries, in particular with Saudi Arabia. Saudi. “.

In 2011, during the “Arab Spring which toppled four governments, Saudi Arabia accused Qatar of coups d’état”, he said.

And he added: “Qatar has denied the accusation, but the problem is they gave it bad press.”

What did you do immediately? Bought the Paris Saint Germain

“So people started to talk about Qatar as a daring state, which invests, which thinks about entertainment, and its image is starting to change.”, said the reporter.

However, as he explained, “the seven countries problem continued and in 2017 they accused him of hiding terrorists and boycotted him.”

What has Qatar done? Bought Neymar

Who is the real owner of Paris Saint Germain? Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, who is its political and military leader.

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“The father of the current emir noticed that they had a lot of advantages that came from hydrocarbons, and with this money he created a sovereign investment fund,” he said and added: “He puts his son, the current heir, to handle this money with the one who ultimately bought Paris Saint Germain “.

The problem with neighboring countries would have been resolved months ago, especially with Saudi Arabia.

“In this way, they have proven that soft power, which gets results through diplomacy, marketing and communication, works to have a good image,” said the journalist.

Everyone is talking about Qatar right now

“What I propose in my book is that football, often despised by intellectuals, can create for you a national leader”he said in reference to his work “The circus of peoples”.

And he added: “Football is the greatest entertainment in the world and the power is using it to its advantage.”

“Macri wouldn’t have been president if he hadn’t made Boca a champion”, he illustrated. “Piñera. At the time he bought Colo-Colo and the following year he was president of Chile”added.

At the end, Lladós spoke about the relationship of the former Argentine tennis player Gastón Gaudio with the Emir: “It has to do with the fact that when the emir was a prince, he made his career around the sport”, did he declare.

“He organized all the tournaments, so the emir’s father chose his successor to be him, his third son, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani,” he concluded.

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