Ligue 1 upstart Paris FC, with strong financial resources but long-term goals, the primary goal of the new season - based in Ligue 1

There is a "noisy neighbor" around Paris Saint-Germain

The French Ligue 1 stadium in the 2025/26 season will usher in the standard "Paris derby" again after 36 years. One team is Paris Saint-Germain, which is the most popular player in Paris FC this season, and the other team is Paris FC, a Ligue 1 player who has been away from Ligue 1 for 46 years. Interestingly, the two teams are only one street away from home, about 44 meters.

Paris Saint-Germain's home court is the Parc des Princes Stadium, while Paris FC's home court is the Jean-Bouin Stadium.

The historical origins and grudges of the two Paris teams - the home court has changed hands repeatedly, and after Paris Saint-Germain turned over, Paris FC became an amateur

Since it is a derby, there is definitely a smell of gunpowder. Although its derby is far less famous than the "Milan Derby", "London Derby", and "Madrid Derby", but although the two teams have not met each other on the court for a long time, the smell of gunpowder is deeply rooted. Why? This requires mentioning the life experience and later encounters between Paris Saint-Germain and Paris FC.

In 1969, the Paris Football Club was established with the vision to build itself into the "Grande club du capital", and quickly merged the Stade Saint-Germain, which was active in the second division at the time, 15 kilometers away from the downtown area of ​​Paris. In 1972, the Paris Club disintegrated because the local mayor was dissatisfied with the team's home court in the suburbs of the city. The Paris Club (Paris FC today) then stayed in Ligue 1 and moved home to the Stade Prince of Paris, while the Saint-Germain Club (Paris Grande today) was administratively downgraded to French C.

It is somewhat ironic that two years later, in 1974, the Paris Football Club was relegated, while Paris Saint-Germain was promoted to two levels in a row, returning to Ligue 1, and obtained the right to use the Stadium of Princes in Paris. The unlucky Paris FC was then annexed by Racing Club de Paris, but because the two clubs were in different leagues, Paris FC was directly down to the fourth-tier French league. Afterwards, due to financial deterioration, Paris FC struggled for four seasons in the fifth-level French league.

After being jointly acquired by the French capital giant and Red Bull, the power of capital gave Paris FC the wings of imagination

In November 2024, the French capital giant Arno family announced that they would join forces with the Austrian energy drink company Red Bull Group to acquire Paris FC. According to the "Team News", the acquisition will bring US$108-216 million in capital injection to the club. Needless to say, Red Bull Group, so what is the origin of the Arnault family? The truth is that the Arnault family is the leader of the French LVMH Group (LVMH), which is the actual controller of 75 world-renowned luxury brands such as fashion and makeup, including LV, Dior, and Tiffany. Forbes counts that the total net worth of the Arnault family is US$144.9 billion.

Despite the massive injection of fresh funds, Paris FC did not immediately start the high-purchase model because the Arnault family's plan is to proceed step by step. "We plan to do it step by step. If you make me dream that Paris FC will appear in the Champions League one day like Liverpool, who knows? Maybe, we can even beat Liverpool. We are looking at the long term. The goal is to build France's top football youth training system. We want to build a team, with 6-8 of the main players coming from their own youth training system."

However, people familiar with the matter said that once Paris FC is promoted to the top, things may become different, and the Arnold family may throw 200 million euros in the transfer market. Now that Paris FC has successfully advanced to the top, there may be some news this summer. The pragmatic Paris FC plans to sign 6-8 new players with Ligue 1 experience in the new season. Based on Ligue 1, the French "League" said that Paris FC does not intend to use the power of capital to quickly upgrade the lineup like a nouveau riche. They plan to follow the transfer strategies of the past few transfer windows and continue to look for outstanding players with Ligue 1 experience in the market. The team's goals are very pragmatic - to gain a foothold in Ligue 1 in the new season. The team's top scorer this season, Crasso, was introduced from Belgrade's Red Star last summer and had previously played for Saint-Etienne of Ligue 1. The midfielder Lopez comes from the Marseille youth training. The main left-back Smet comes from Reims.

Relying on Red Bull's personnel training concept, the Paris FC plans to take one step at a time, and is not in a hurry to challenge Paris Saint-Germain's dominance position, indeed, according to the existing framework system of Paris FC, it is slightly inconsistent with the logic of development of things based on the existing framework system of Paris FC, and it is a bit inconsistent with the logic of development of things. The club has implemented a self-sufficiency personnel supply strategy, especially focusing on potential players growing up in Paris, which is obviously due to the acceptance of Red Bull's advice. At present, the personnel flow of various clubs in the Red Bull system can fully support the clubs to achieve excellent results in their respective national leagues, and Paris FC will obviously benefit from this.