Ligue 1 Uber Eats: Paris Saint-Germain to open four academies in South Korea

Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) will open four academies in South Korea in partnership with Miragro Box, "a company with extensive experience in the sector and renowned nationally and internationally for the quality of the football academies it runs," announced the French club on 02/09/2021.

Aimed at children aged between 5 and 18, two centres located in Daegu (KOR) and one in Incheon (KOR) will open their doors in October 2021, while a fourth will be inaugurated in Guimpo (KOR) in the next few months, in order to welcome a total of "400 youngsters in its first year and nearly 2,000 within three."

"The launch of the PSG Academy programme in Korea Republic represents a new phase in the international expansion of the Paris Saint-Germain brand and the growth of the club's presence in the Land of the Morning Calm. It forms part of a strategy - the scale of which is unprecedented in the football world - that aims to make Paris Saint-Germain one of the biggest sports franchises on the planet. The PSG Academy launch comes a year after the opening of a permanent store in Seoul,…