2023-05-16 10:23:53
A new meeting took place on Monday between the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP), on strike since last Wednesday due to conflicts with the club, and the management of Paris Saint-Germain, learned The worldTuesday, May 16, confirming information from Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Following this meeting, an official communication from the ultras should follow on Tuesday, a source inside the group told AFP. The club declined to comment.
On Wednesday, the CUP, which brings together six groups (i.e. more than two thousand people) and has played a leading role in the animation of the Parc des Princes since 2016, announced in a press release that its members will no longer be present. ” until further notice “, neither in the Auteuil stand of the stadium nor on the move, to support the team. This withdrawal extends to the women’s team and the handball section of the Parisian club.
“The latest events and the state of our common relationship with management lead us to believe that this is the best and only solution likely to preserve a common future”had declared the ultras, also criticizing the « situation » and club results. “The situation, which we consider extremely serious in several respects, must not be underestimated and we do not intend to compromise on our freedoms. We are waiting for clear answers from the club on several points in order to possibly review our positions.they added.
The grievances of the ultras are numerous
In recent years, relations have continued to deteriorate between the collective and PSG, and in particular with its president, the Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, alias “NAK”. The repeated failures of the Parisian team in the Champions League and the recruitment of stars with insufficient performance have strongly contributed to this deterioration. But the rupture also feeds on deeper reasons, linked to the governance of the club and respect for its history.
The members of the CUP, like many historical supporters outside the ultra groups, indeed believe that the PSG – and in the first place “NAK”, too often absent in their eyes – gives too much importance to marketing and the star system, to the detriment of the club’s identity. The grievances, to hear them, are numerous: the uncertain future of the Parc des Princes (the management, in conflict with the city, threatens to leave it), the ticketing system which penalizes the most modest fans, the non-respect historic colors (the red and blue jersey imagined by designer Daniel Hechter, president of PSG in the early 1970s)… More generally, many regulars at the Parc des Princes believe that the management is sailing by sight, without accepting the slightest criticism.
The ultras also accuse the club of having canceled their 450 tickets for the trip to Troyes (3-1), Sunday May 7, a collective punishment after a demonstration led by supporters in front of Neymar’s home and in front of the PSG headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Saturday May 13, they were absent from the Auteuil stand during PSG-Ajaccio (5-0) and during the women’s French Cup final in Orléans won by Lyon against PSG (2-1).
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