They impute the president of the PSG and from Qatar threaten to withdraw their investments in France, including those of the club where Messi played

French justice charged the president of Paris-Saint Germain (PSG), Nasser al-khelïfi, Due to complicity in abuse of power in relation to the voting of the shareholders of a company, a source close to the case reported Thursday.

Al-Khelaïfi was charged on February 5 by complicity at the alleged vote purchase and violations against freedom of suffrage for a change in the vote of A Catarí Investment Fund In the Council of the Lagardère Group in 2018, he added a judicial source.

The PSG CEO, which runs the club since its acquisition in 2011 by Qatar Sports Investments With the dream of making it the best in Europe, it has faced several judicial cases in recent years, but has always denied any irregularity.

His name became particularly familiar to the followers of Argentina after the arrival of Lionel Messi to the Parisian team to share an attack with Kylian Mbappé y Neymar Jr. That “Dream Team” finally did not meet expectations, the 10 Argentine lived moments of tension with its owners and ended up leaving the back door, insulted by the fans.

This judicial case of Al-Khelaifi has nothing to do with its operations related to the sports field but can have direct consequences in it: according to French media, From Qatar they threaten to withdraw all their investments in the Gallic country considering that the businessman is a victim of harassment.

“This file has nothing absolutely and flatly to do with Nasser al-Khelaïfi, but as usual it will be dragged (…) until everything disappears quietly without any foundation in a few years,” said a source close to the magnate Qatari.

The head of the Lagardère group, Arnaud Lagardèrehe is suspected of having fraudulently used about 129 million dollars of group funds for several years to finance their personal expenses.

The case against Al-Khelaïfi focuses on a moment of power struggle in 2018 in the Board of Directors, among the conservative tycoon Vincent Bolloréally to the Amber Capital Investment Fund, and the richest man in France, Bernard Arnaultwhich supported Lagardère.

April 24, 2018, Qatar Holding LLCsubsidiary of the sovereign background Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and the main shareholder of the Lagardère Group, had positioned itself in favor of the resolutions of Amber Capital.

But five days after the first vote, Qia changed posture and voted in favor of the resolutions of Arnaud Lagardère. The latter and his assistants are accused of calling their contacts, including Al-Khelaïfi, as director of the Catarí Sovereign Fund.

At the end of November 2023, the media and edition giant Vivendifamily controlled Bolloredbought the Lagardère group, after a hard battle.

The president of PSG, known as “Nak”he has other open cases in France: two former employees accuse him of unstalled work, and justice also tries to clarify the kidnapping denounced by a Franco-Argelian wolf, who points to the Catarí businessman.

This accusation had a rapid impact on Dohawhere Al-Khelaifi has been from Wednesday night, after seeing the 3-0 win of his team against Brest, at the start of the playoffs to qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions Leage.

According to French media as RMC Sportthe news of the imputation generated “irritation” in the Middle East, “to the point of threatening to withdraw from their investments in France”, including Bein Sports and Paris Saint-Germain.

“The Qatari are fed up with all these abuses. False persecutions, blackmail, daily criticisms, blaming others of their total incompetence. All problems in France are their fault. Every time they try to help is apparently for ‘soft power’. It is pure Abuse and everyone is fed up, “said RMC Sport according to their sources in Qatar.

According to the reviews in France, the businessman declared himself surprised by the accusations: “I have not had any influence in this case. I find myself in the midst of this case in which I have no relationship simply by a single telephone communication about a problem With Qatar, an issue that I transmitted and my role was limited to that, “was the defense of Nasser al-Khelaïfi before the researchers, according to RMC Sport. He added: “They say ‘nasser this, nasser that.’ To defend themselves, they cite my name.”

With agency information