UEFA: "We will continue develop football in the interests of stakeholders" (N. Al-Khelaïfi, PSG/ECA)

"First of all, I want to congratulate the president of UEFA Aleksander Ceferin on his re-election. I would like to thank again my esteemed colleagues at ECA for trusting me to represent them on the UEFA Executive Comittee. It is a great honour and together with ECA president Andrea Agnelli we will continue to work closely with UEFA to develop professional football in the interests of all stakeholders," said Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama), following the UEFA Congress in Rome (ITA) on 07/02/2019.

The UEFA Congress ratified the election of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi as ECA representative on the Executive Committee. He was elected by the ECA on 30/01/2019 to occupy the second seat of the European Club Association alongside Andrea Agnelli, president of the ECA (and Juventus FC, Serie A TIM), replacing Ivan Gazidis, who left Arsenal FC (Premier League) to join AC Milan (Serie A TIM). However, "members of the Executive Committee elected by the ECA cannot belong to clubs affiliated to the same member association," stipulates Article 21, paragraph 2 of the…