Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), the owners of Paris-Saint-Germain, are hoping to secure a minority investment in a Premier League club in 2023, CBS Sports can exclusively reveal. QSI chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi met Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy earlier this week in London for exploratory talks. These should be seen as an initial meeting rather than anything advanced.
Sources say that a “potential investment” by CBS Sports has been discussed and that Al-Khelaifi is only acting as a QSI and not a European Club Association. QSI remains fully committed to PSG and wants to add to their multi-club model in order to compete with City Football Group and other ambitious European owners, such as new American Chelsea, who are keen to follow a similar model. PSG already own a 23% stake in Portugal’s Braga but are looking for another club in Europe for a minority to invest in. South America is another priority region for them in 2023.
Negotiations with Spurs are still formative and it is unclear how they could progress. QSI is still assessing a number of clubs to start an ambitious year, but what is clear is that the Premier League has a significant appeal to them. QSI has not yet held any talks with Liverpool, who are also on the market and open to a minority investment or outright sale.
Tottenham deny any discussions have taken place regarding the club’s equity – an expected response given how exploratory the discussions have been so far. But CBS Sports has seen indisputable evidence that QSI did indeed meet with Levy this week to talk specifically about minority investment.
Al-Khelaifi is also the president of PSG and is in talks with three investors, two of them American, over a minority investment of up to 15% in PSG.
PSG is valued at over $4 billion by all three parties. Each has formally offered to buy a different stake, ranging from 5-15%. Due diligence is currently being carried out and the successful group is expected to be in place by the second quarter of 2023.
