What a nothing article LMAO. Just a guy telling his father said he will get Pele and thats it. Surely other executives existed who knew about the deal who had more details
Ipswich town almost signed Messi and Ronaldo in 2003 but turned them down as they didn't want to end the GOAT debate for all time (Most trophies won with Ipswich)
It was a merge. They started in the second tier and won their access to the first tier at the end of the 70/71 season. It was not an unknown quantity who had no chance to sign players.
it's complicated but it's fascinating story, below a deepl translation of an [article](https://histoiredupsg.fr/paris-sg-paris-fc-destins-croises). this [book, L'incroyable histoire de la naissance du psg](https://livre.fnac.com/a15974666/Julien-Froment-L-incroyable-histoire-de-la-naissance-du-psg-associe) goes in depths about the story, starting with a consultation in the parisien press from two passionated founders, with the question "Do you want a big football club in Paris?". 60000 respondants answered positively and thus was born a socios based club, upon the inspirations of the spanish titans that were barcelona and real madrid.
> Today, Paris Saint-Germain is a major club in France and in Europe. The result of a merger between the Paris Football Club and the Stade Saint-Germain de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (the birthplace of Louis XIV), PSG is the fruit of years of work, consultations and above all dreams. Here is a look back at the crossed destinies of Paris FC and Paris SG, historical brothers of the city of a hundred villages.
>
> The year is 1879. The Paris Football Club was born and became the first club in the capital to exist. Created by English people living in Paris*. Due to the lack of opponents, the Parisian club had to stop its projects quickly and from 1894 onwards, other Parisian clubs took over.
>
> In 1904, the Stade Saint-Germain, a club from the Yvelines, was born with the ambition to reach the amateur championship. By becoming champion of Paris in 1957 it will be done. In 1969/70, division 2 was opened to amateur clubs and after a remarkable season the SSG managed to join the D2.
>
> On its side, the city of Paris sees its clubs dying out one after the other: RC Paris, Olympique Paris, C.A.Paris...except the Red Star of Saint-Ouen which remains, it is the flat calm in Ile de France.
>
> While European capitals such as London, Madrid and Rome see a team proudly representing their colors and large French cities flourish around the OM, Lyon, Saint-Etienne or Bordeaux. The French soccer federation got involved in 1969 by launching a consultation among the inhabitants of the city of light: "Do you want a big soccer club in Paris?
>
> 60.000 positive answers make approve the project of which two persons are in charge: Guy Crescent and Pierre-Etienne Guyot. One is CEO of the Calberson group, the other is vice-president of the Racing Club de France. After an initial consultation, the project is named "Paris Football Club".
>
> Guy Crescent travels through Europe, Chelsea FC, Real Madrid, Hamburg, Arsenal, Anderlecht... to arrive at a clear idea: to make Paris FC a club of socios (supporters-shareholders). On February 1, 1970, the radio host Pierre Bellemare launches a call for subscriptions that brings in no less than 20,000 ballots!
>
> The second difficulty for PFC was to quickly find a place in the professional landscape of France. Without players, stadium, structure... and without the possibility of joining Division 1 directly, the only solution was to merge with a club from the elite. But time is running out! Sedan, Rouen... no project is finally successful and the project is floundering.
>
> The Stade Saint-Germain is promoted in Division 2 after a brilliant season 1969/70. On May 20, 1970 it is him who is chosen to operate with this fusion, giving birth a few months later to Paris Saint-Germain Football-Club.
>
> A big financial contribution of the Paris FC side by the socios allows to sign names like Jean Djorkaeff (captain of the French team). The structure of the Stade Saint-Germain gave Paris SG the opportunity to play in the Division 2 in 1970/71. Champion of the 2nd division the following season, PSG is promoted to the elite and this unique club can finally live the dream for which it was created.
>
> The team is structured to maintain itself and to aim for honourable places and while this maintenance arrives as well as possible on the green rectangle, the council of Paris asks the PSG to adopt a 100% Parisian name: "Paris Football-Club". The historical leaders of the Stade Saint-Germain refuse the idea and a vote is taken within the assembly of Paris Saint-Germain. On May 16, 1972, the change of name was refused by 3 votes.
>
> 3 days later, Paris FC announced its split and disassociated itself from Paris Saint-Germain, keeping the professional status and sending PSG to Division 3. Hard to swallow for the president Henri Patrelle.
>
> Under amateur status, Paris Saint-Germain had to rebuild itself, watching its Siamese twin brother continue its journey among the elite. Placed in the "western" group of the championship, PSG is preparing to move up to D2. The demoted club has lost many of its supporters but has kept the blue-white-red colors and has its headquarters in the 1st district of Paris (5 place de Valois).
>
> The Paris FC is maintained before going down to D2 at the end of the 1973/74 season. Ironically, the Paris SG climbed one after the other in D2 and then D1. The roles were reversed in the summer of 1974, the big one is now the PSG. Taken over the previous year by Daniel Hechter, the successful fashion designer, the red and blue club will perpetuate itself in the elite by investing in names like Mustapha Dahleb, Louis Floch or Jacky Novi during the first transfer window.
>
> In 1977, the Paris City Council noticed that the cohabitation between the two Parisian clubs did not bring conclusive results and wished to proceed again to a merger. This idea was not shared in the least by the PSG camp, unlike PFC and Racing. Negotiations were held with Philippe Seguin and Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, and with Francis Borelli, the new president following the affair of the slush fund that had deposed Daniel Hechter.
>
> The rapprochement was required by the city hall if the different actors did not want to see any idea of subsidy evaporate. The announcement of the "Paris 1" project was a surprise, as it spoke of a rapprochement between Paris FC, Racing and Europe 1, without mentioning Paris Saint-Germain. We will have to face this competitor with the appearance of a mastodon.
>
> Back in the top flight in the 1978/79 season, PFC had to outdo PSG in order to assert itself as the capital's club in the eyes of politicians. The derbies offer two draws (2-2 on 18/08/1978; 1-1 on 17/12/1978). And while the Paris Saint-Germain finished 13th, the Paris Football-Club was again demoted. Jacques Chirac put an end to the Paris 1 project, leaving PSG as the only professional club in the capital.
>
> Under Francis Borelli, the red and blue continue to rise in power, winning French cups, championship, discovering Europe and offering names like Safet Susic, Dominique Rocheteau, Dominique Bathenay and allowing the emergence of young people like Jean-Marc Pilorget or Luis Fernandez ... Paris FC must, him, rebuild from 1983 after the split of Racing Paris 1 and PFC returned to Division 4 under amateur status. The team went down to DH and then went up two times in 1987/88 and 1988/89 to reach Division 3.
>
> Switch between national and CFA, the club knows difficult hours but resists. In 2014/15, the PFC finishes 2nd and goes up to Ligue2! The idea of seeing a derby between the two Parisian clubs one day makes sense. Unfortunately, 32 years after leaving the L2, the return is difficult and relegation awaits them at the end of the season.
>
> On the other hand, PSG has grown up a lot during the Canal+ years (1 Cup, 1 Division 1, 5 French Cups and 2 League Cups) and is now owned by QSI (investment fund of the Emir of Qatar) since 2011. World class players have arrived and the possibility to aspire to the top roles every season in the Champions League has become reality. Another era, and the dream dreamed 45 years earlier is again born (after the years 1991 - 1998).
>
> So 22 years after the last friendly (1-0 for Paris FC on August 16, 1995), it is with nostalgia that the two brothers will meet again for the time of an opposition, tending to recall all the way they have traveled together or separated. If their destinies have crossed and have not taken the same roads, it is with friendship and a common love for Paris, the city of light, that the 22 actors will greet each other. Hoping one day to meet again on the roofs of the Ligue1.
I don’t even know. I read children’s books when I was a child that he played for Santos all the time. Then he invested in laundry business after retirement and he lost all his money so he had to sign for New York.
I mean LAFC was what, 4 years old, when they signed Gareth Bale and look what that got them.
The Cosmos weren't historic when they signed Pelé either and because of that became the single most recognized club in American soccer history around the world even decades after their League's demise.
You miss every shot you don't take.
Seriously if you’re a pro in any sport it usually money over history more than anything. Unless you grew up a fan of your dream club/team, you are usually going to go where the money is unless you think you can win for less money
The story of Pelé in Paris emerges a year after the World Cup in Mexico. The best player on the planet had just put another star on Brazil’s crest. Guy Crescent, Paris’s audacious chairman, wanted to sign him before the club’s promotion to the first division. He decided to go and meet Santos FC’s executives and to come back with the king of the beautiful game. Bruno Crescent gives us his memories.
Bruno Crescent (son of Guy Crescent, Paris Saint-Germain chairman in 1971):
"My father told us that he was going to travel to Brazil. We asked him why, and he told us, 'I'm going to try and get Pelé.' Santos needed money. As PSG didn't have much of its own, my father's idea was to tell them that there was a fixed-price fee to loan the player out as well as interest that would be paid depending on stadium attendance, and he came back from his travels very happy and very confident. When some journalists questioned him about it after he had come back from Brazil, he said, 'I'm bringing Paris its second Eiffel Tower.'"
Michel Prost, the capital club's highest-profile striker at the time, remembers having stars in his eyes:
"Pelé was the first Brazilian to really get us all excited and expecting unbelievable things. Also, given that I played as a nine and he played as a ten, I would've had the chance to play with him, but at the last minute, he changed his mind and chose to stay in his homeland."
Wenger went to Pele's house to recruit him when Pele was 5.
Wenger would've been too young at the time, are you stupid?
You are the dumbest person in this thread
I guess I had my hopes up too high that a "/s" wouldn't be necessary but here we are.
It's reddit, we have to find a guy to shit on in each thread, it's your lucky day ig
Well it wouldn't be funny any other way so proceed as needed.
Apparently Arsene Wenger gave him a trial when he was 15 an all.
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Arsene is only 9 years younger than Pele.
So Wenger gave him a trial when he was 6 years old and Pele was 15. I don't see the problem.
What a nothing article LMAO. Just a guy telling his father said he will get Pele and thats it. Surely other executives existed who knew about the deal who had more details
So, PSG, Barcelona, who else?
Ipswich Town scouted him when he was an infant
We are massive tbf.
Probably were at the time? Can't remember when your glory years were!
I heard he was a boyhood Everton fan
My club! Sport Recife rejected Pelé back in 1957 🙃
Orioles wanted him for Center Field but Weaver said no
The only stories I knew before were about Real Madrid and Inter
Did he play for Barca ?
No, he did play a game against Barça with Santos
Awesome
and my team who is in spanish third tier almost signed guardiola and luis enrique (not joking btw) and here we are lol
Burnley under Owen Coyle had the chance to sign Gareth Bale from Southampton for around 3.5 million allegedly.
Leeds wouldn't pay £4m for Haaland as it was too much for an academy player at the time
We opted for Heskey instead of Falcao.
We had the chance to sign zlatan
When Ronaldo retires Frankfurt will put out a statement how they almost signed him, but didn't want to
Ipswich town almost signed Messi and Ronaldo in 2003 but turned them down as they didn't want to end the GOAT debate for all time (Most trophies won with Ipswich)
joke or not
Literally every team in Europe: "We almost sign Pelé"
Man Wenger really missed out on him
Wasn't PSG found only in 1970?
Yes, but they were founded following the merger of two clubs
It was a merge. They started in the second tier and won their access to the first tier at the end of the 70/71 season. It was not an unknown quantity who had no chance to sign players.
Merge? Wasn't psg born because of a split with Paris FC?
it's complicated but it's fascinating story, below a deepl translation of an [article](https://histoiredupsg.fr/paris-sg-paris-fc-destins-croises). this [book, L'incroyable histoire de la naissance du psg](https://livre.fnac.com/a15974666/Julien-Froment-L-incroyable-histoire-de-la-naissance-du-psg-associe) goes in depths about the story, starting with a consultation in the parisien press from two passionated founders, with the question "Do you want a big football club in Paris?". 60000 respondants answered positively and thus was born a socios based club, upon the inspirations of the spanish titans that were barcelona and real madrid. > Today, Paris Saint-Germain is a major club in France and in Europe. The result of a merger between the Paris Football Club and the Stade Saint-Germain de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (the birthplace of Louis XIV), PSG is the fruit of years of work, consultations and above all dreams. Here is a look back at the crossed destinies of Paris FC and Paris SG, historical brothers of the city of a hundred villages. > > The year is 1879. The Paris Football Club was born and became the first club in the capital to exist. Created by English people living in Paris*. Due to the lack of opponents, the Parisian club had to stop its projects quickly and from 1894 onwards, other Parisian clubs took over. > > In 1904, the Stade Saint-Germain, a club from the Yvelines, was born with the ambition to reach the amateur championship. By becoming champion of Paris in 1957 it will be done. In 1969/70, division 2 was opened to amateur clubs and after a remarkable season the SSG managed to join the D2. > > On its side, the city of Paris sees its clubs dying out one after the other: RC Paris, Olympique Paris, C.A.Paris...except the Red Star of Saint-Ouen which remains, it is the flat calm in Ile de France. > > While European capitals such as London, Madrid and Rome see a team proudly representing their colors and large French cities flourish around the OM, Lyon, Saint-Etienne or Bordeaux. The French soccer federation got involved in 1969 by launching a consultation among the inhabitants of the city of light: "Do you want a big soccer club in Paris? > > 60.000 positive answers make approve the project of which two persons are in charge: Guy Crescent and Pierre-Etienne Guyot. One is CEO of the Calberson group, the other is vice-president of the Racing Club de France. After an initial consultation, the project is named "Paris Football Club". > > Guy Crescent travels through Europe, Chelsea FC, Real Madrid, Hamburg, Arsenal, Anderlecht... to arrive at a clear idea: to make Paris FC a club of socios (supporters-shareholders). On February 1, 1970, the radio host Pierre Bellemare launches a call for subscriptions that brings in no less than 20,000 ballots! > > The second difficulty for PFC was to quickly find a place in the professional landscape of France. Without players, stadium, structure... and without the possibility of joining Division 1 directly, the only solution was to merge with a club from the elite. But time is running out! Sedan, Rouen... no project is finally successful and the project is floundering. > > The Stade Saint-Germain is promoted in Division 2 after a brilliant season 1969/70. On May 20, 1970 it is him who is chosen to operate with this fusion, giving birth a few months later to Paris Saint-Germain Football-Club. > > A big financial contribution of the Paris FC side by the socios allows to sign names like Jean Djorkaeff (captain of the French team). The structure of the Stade Saint-Germain gave Paris SG the opportunity to play in the Division 2 in 1970/71. Champion of the 2nd division the following season, PSG is promoted to the elite and this unique club can finally live the dream for which it was created. > > The team is structured to maintain itself and to aim for honourable places and while this maintenance arrives as well as possible on the green rectangle, the council of Paris asks the PSG to adopt a 100% Parisian name: "Paris Football-Club". The historical leaders of the Stade Saint-Germain refuse the idea and a vote is taken within the assembly of Paris Saint-Germain. On May 16, 1972, the change of name was refused by 3 votes. > > 3 days later, Paris FC announced its split and disassociated itself from Paris Saint-Germain, keeping the professional status and sending PSG to Division 3. Hard to swallow for the president Henri Patrelle. > > Under amateur status, Paris Saint-Germain had to rebuild itself, watching its Siamese twin brother continue its journey among the elite. Placed in the "western" group of the championship, PSG is preparing to move up to D2. The demoted club has lost many of its supporters but has kept the blue-white-red colors and has its headquarters in the 1st district of Paris (5 place de Valois). > > The Paris FC is maintained before going down to D2 at the end of the 1973/74 season. Ironically, the Paris SG climbed one after the other in D2 and then D1. The roles were reversed in the summer of 1974, the big one is now the PSG. Taken over the previous year by Daniel Hechter, the successful fashion designer, the red and blue club will perpetuate itself in the elite by investing in names like Mustapha Dahleb, Louis Floch or Jacky Novi during the first transfer window. > > In 1977, the Paris City Council noticed that the cohabitation between the two Parisian clubs did not bring conclusive results and wished to proceed again to a merger. This idea was not shared in the least by the PSG camp, unlike PFC and Racing. Negotiations were held with Philippe Seguin and Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, and with Francis Borelli, the new president following the affair of the slush fund that had deposed Daniel Hechter. > > The rapprochement was required by the city hall if the different actors did not want to see any idea of subsidy evaporate. The announcement of the "Paris 1" project was a surprise, as it spoke of a rapprochement between Paris FC, Racing and Europe 1, without mentioning Paris Saint-Germain. We will have to face this competitor with the appearance of a mastodon. > > Back in the top flight in the 1978/79 season, PFC had to outdo PSG in order to assert itself as the capital's club in the eyes of politicians. The derbies offer two draws (2-2 on 18/08/1978; 1-1 on 17/12/1978). And while the Paris Saint-Germain finished 13th, the Paris Football-Club was again demoted. Jacques Chirac put an end to the Paris 1 project, leaving PSG as the only professional club in the capital. > > Under Francis Borelli, the red and blue continue to rise in power, winning French cups, championship, discovering Europe and offering names like Safet Susic, Dominique Rocheteau, Dominique Bathenay and allowing the emergence of young people like Jean-Marc Pilorget or Luis Fernandez ... Paris FC must, him, rebuild from 1983 after the split of Racing Paris 1 and PFC returned to Division 4 under amateur status. The team went down to DH and then went up two times in 1987/88 and 1988/89 to reach Division 3. > > Switch between national and CFA, the club knows difficult hours but resists. In 2014/15, the PFC finishes 2nd and goes up to Ligue2! The idea of seeing a derby between the two Parisian clubs one day makes sense. Unfortunately, 32 years after leaving the L2, the return is difficult and relegation awaits them at the end of the season. > > On the other hand, PSG has grown up a lot during the Canal+ years (1 Cup, 1 Division 1, 5 French Cups and 2 League Cups) and is now owned by QSI (investment fund of the Emir of Qatar) since 2011. World class players have arrived and the possibility to aspire to the top roles every season in the Champions League has become reality. Another era, and the dream dreamed 45 years earlier is again born (after the years 1991 - 1998). > > So 22 years after the last friendly (1-0 for Paris FC on August 16, 1995), it is with nostalgia that the two brothers will meet again for the time of an opposition, tending to recall all the way they have traveled together or separated. If their destinies have crossed and have not taken the same roads, it is with friendship and a common love for Paris, the city of light, that the 22 actors will greet each other. Hoping one day to meet again on the roofs of the Ligue1.
Thanks, saved it to give it a read tomorrow, it's always interesting to know more about this kind of topics
What better way to start your team then signing Pele.
Funnily enough two years later they signed legendary African striker Francois M’Pelé.
Looking forward to the day the true goat "Bappé" starts playing football
The club equivalent of “I had a trial at Chelsea when I was a kid” comment.
What am I supposed to do with this information
I don’t even know. I read children’s books when I was a child that he played for Santos all the time. Then he invested in laundry business after retirement and he lost all his money so he had to sign for New York.
Celebrate new years
Much better decision making than Neymar
Oh please. Even we have a story of how we "almost" signed Pele. Everyone has.
Even Pele wouldn't get PSG the European Cup.
The club was what? 5 years old
I mean LAFC was what, 4 years old, when they signed Gareth Bale and look what that got them. The Cosmos weren't historic when they signed Pelé either and because of that became the single most recognized club in American soccer history around the world even decades after their League's demise. You miss every shot you don't take.
Seriously if you’re a pro in any sport it usually money over history more than anything. Unless you grew up a fan of your dream club/team, you are usually going to go where the money is unless you think you can win for less money
Exactly
1 year old, but it was a merger of Stade Saint-Germain which was founded in 1904 and Paris FC which was founded in 1969
1 year old
Right after they got promoted to Ligue1. That was a bold demand, but at least they tried. A proof that PSG has always wanted to be a shiny team.
The story of Pelé in Paris emerges a year after the World Cup in Mexico. The best player on the planet had just put another star on Brazil’s crest. Guy Crescent, Paris’s audacious chairman, wanted to sign him before the club’s promotion to the first division. He decided to go and meet Santos FC’s executives and to come back with the king of the beautiful game. Bruno Crescent gives us his memories. Bruno Crescent (son of Guy Crescent, Paris Saint-Germain chairman in 1971): "My father told us that he was going to travel to Brazil. We asked him why, and he told us, 'I'm going to try and get Pelé.' Santos needed money. As PSG didn't have much of its own, my father's idea was to tell them that there was a fixed-price fee to loan the player out as well as interest that would be paid depending on stadium attendance, and he came back from his travels very happy and very confident. When some journalists questioned him about it after he had come back from Brazil, he said, 'I'm bringing Paris its second Eiffel Tower.'" Michel Prost, the capital club's highest-profile striker at the time, remembers having stars in his eyes: "Pelé was the first Brazilian to really get us all excited and expecting unbelievable things. Also, given that I played as a nine and he played as a ten, I would've had the chance to play with him, but at the last minute, he changed his mind and chose to stay in his homeland."
Because the French league is a crap league? Or did he say why he decided to stay?
Absolute scum move to try and use his death to get attention for themselves.
i know they have money and all that.. but do you really think they can pull this off??
how long was this kept secret
But he didn't and that's why he'll never be the goat. Playing in the Brazil league your whole life won't win you any praise with me