Led by Liam Rosenior and backed by billionaires, Paris FC are now a force in Ligue 1 | Luke Entwistle
After a huge summer and with PSG’s other rivals falling away, their city rivals are aiming to ‘be one of the biggest clubs in Europe’By Get French Football NewsIt is hard to know what Pierre Ferracci found stranger: the fact that he was fully suited among a set of bare-chested Paris FC ultras singing his name or that, behind him, in what was the final game of his presidency, his side were playing Monaco off the park. “I didn’t see any of the first 15 minutes of the game because I was with the ultras,” he admitted. On the pitch as well as in the stands was evidence of how far his side has come since he joined back in 2006.At that time, Les Parisiens were in the amateur third tier of French football. He initially arrived in an administrative function before becoming owner and president in 2012. It wasn’t until 2016 that his side reached Ligue 2. Continue reading...
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