“It’s not a fable,” insists Stéphane Raffalli. During his greeting ceremony, the mayor (PS) of Ris-Orangis finally spoke publicly about what was already no more than an open secret: the town of just under 30,000 inhabitants, located in the north of Essonne, is officially a candidate to host the future large PSG stadium, information revealed by Le Parisien on December 18. “I couldn’t do otherwise,” he confided this Wednesday, January 22. I had to talk to the people about it. »
“Our application was submitted on January 9,” explains the elected official. This follows the visit of the club’s general manager, Victoriano Melero, and the director in charge of the club’s real estate sector, Nicolas Ramillon, to the site on December 17. I say it without trembling: we have an excellent offer with regard to the objectives of PSG who want to secure their investments and carry them out as quickly as possible to increase the influence of their brand on a global scale. »