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The Guardian - UK
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Nick Ames European sports correspondent

Qatar Sports Investments considers reducing PSG stake amid Khelaifi investigation

Nasser al-Khelaifi
Nasser al-Khelaifi is under investigation in relation to a case involving a Paris-based media company. Photograph: Isa Harsin/SIPA/Shutterstock

Qatar Sports Investments is considering reducing its stake in Paris Saint-Germain amid a row surrounding an investigation into the club’s president, Nasser al-Khelaifi.

The Ligue 1 club’s backers are open to further diluting their investment, which amounts to 87.5%, after Qatar reacted with anger to the latest proceedings involving Khelaifi. The 51-year-old was placed under formal investigation in France last Wednesday, in relation to a case surrounding a Paris-based media company, for alleged complicity in vote-buying, interference with the freedom to vote and complicity in abuse of power, as part of a wider case involving the businessman Arnaud Lagardère. Khelaifi denies wrongdoing.

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