A rumoured PSG target spotted in the NBA!

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·9 Oktober 2025

A rumoured PSG target spotted in the NBA!

For several months now, the idea of seeing the NBA arrive in Europe has been taking shape, with a Paris Saint-Germain franchise expected to be part of the project. But the exact form is still unclear, especially regarding how PSG would join since it currently does not own a team. According to L’Equipe, there is a possibility involving the Levallois Metropolitans.

“The club is the heir, in order, of Paris-Levallois, Paris Basket Racing, and before all that… PSG Racing.”

The club is the heir, in order, of Paris-Levallois, Paris Basket Racing, and before all that… PSG Racing, champions in 1997, founded three decades ago by Luc Dayan and Charles Biétry. The latter, the man who brought US basketball to France on Canal+, had also taken part in the attempt to establish an NBA franchise in Paris in 1998. Dayan relied on one of the teams from Levallois Sporting Club (LSC), the Blue Steelers, and renamed it Metropolitans with the agreement of the city and the club’s director, Henry de Grissac.

“A meeting with QSI emissaries in the coming weeks.”

According to our information, Dayan is working on a meeting with QSI emissaries in the coming weeks. Nothing surprising for someone who had played a major role, in 2006, in the first rapprochement between Qatar and PSG. The takeover project by the former president of LOSC, Lens, or FC Nantes did not come to fruition. But Dayan is one of the most knowledgeable people on a matter he took up thirty-three years ago. At that time, in addition to being involved with PSG Racing Basket, he had put on paper a project for collaboration between the French Federation and the NBA.

Be careful, nothing has been finalized yet. So we remain very cautious; several options are still possible. Discussions still need to take place. It’s a major project, with significant sums at stake. Everything can change quickly and nothing will be decided in haste.

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Rumors will certainly continue to abound. But this is a direction to be taken very seriously in order to allow PSG to take another step forward in its ambition to become a true global sports brand. With revenues that continue to grow. However, care must also be taken not to put themselves in a difficult position. Let’s wait to find out more.

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