It is hard to know what Pierre Ferracci found stranger: the fact that he was fully suited among a set of bare-chested Paris FC ultras singing his name or that, behind him, in what was the final game of his presidency, his side were playing Monaco off the park. On the pitch as well as in the stands was evidence of how far his side has come since he joined back in 2006. At that time, Les Parisiens were in the amateur third tier of French football.
He initially arrived in an administrative function before becoming owner and president in 2012. It wasn’t until 2016 that his side reached Ligue 2. It is Ferracci’s work that made the club ripe for investment in what had been seen as as a one-club capital, an anomaly in Europe.
But it is thanks to his successor and the club’s new owners, the Arnault family, that the club now harbour very serious European ambitions. Ferracci remained as president and with a significant share when the Arnaults, the owners of the luxury goods brand LVMH and seventh on Forbes’ rich list in 2026, bought a majority share in 2024. It was intended that Ferracci would remain as president until the end of the season, at which point he would part ways with his remaining share.
His share remains for now, but his role in the running of the club is now over. The years of toiling in the lower divisions and the multiple near misses at promotion are in the past; they belong to the Ferracci era, which felt part of the past even when it was still the present. While he will remain as honorary president, he will take a backseat role as the club looks to hit new heights.
Liam Rosenior who has been appointed to take them there. Fresh from his failed stint at Chelsea, the Englishman had intended to take time out of the game before being tempted by the project, more similar to the one that he took at Strasbourg than the one that he inherited mid-season in the Premier League. Rosenior’s management style has a greater effect on aspiring players, and at Paris FC, there are plenty of those.
Rudy Matondo, Patrick Zabi, Luca Koleosho and Pablo Pagis, signed over the summer, all have bright futures. Few clubs in French football could afford such stars. It is Paris’ new signings that did the business against Monaco.
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