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What is “Family Care”, the top service offered by PSG to Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo

The French club designed a service so that the main stars of the team feel contained in their landing in France.

By Alexis Almosnino

The French club designed a service so that the main stars of the team feel contained in their landing in France.
The French club designed a service so that the main stars of the team feel contained in their landing in France.

The life of Paris Saint-Germain took a radical turn in 2011, when the Qatar Investment Authority bought the 70% of the shares of the Parisian club in exchange for about 50 million euros, plus the coverage of a debt close to 20 million more. A year later, QIA acquired the remaining 30 percent.

This group, which is nourished by Asian oil and has Nasser al Khelaifi as its visible face - he is the president and CEO of the club - injected significant sums of money to nurture the team of great figures such as David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani. After becoming the absolute owner in Ligue 1, the French entity sought to take a new step forward in its long-awaited quest to conquer Europe. The big break was in 2017, when he completely broke the transfer market by achieving the signings of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.

"This system consists on helping the player's family, such as finding the school for their children, that they have all the corresponding visas... It does everything so that they are calm. They are even helped out for family birthdays. They take care of everything”, added Ferrer, who at the time was key in convincing Mbappé to sign for PSG and reject the offer from Real Madrid.

Currently the Messi clan is staying at the five-star hotel Le Royal Monceau, an establishment that is located at 37 Avenue Hoche and which housed the main figures of the team in its early days, such as the Spanish defender Sergio Ramos and the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.


Alexis Almosnino

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