PSG are scouring the Greater Paris area to secure a piece of land that will host their future stadium. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi recently confirmed his intentions to leave the 48.500-seater Parc des Princes amid a standoff with the City of Paris
the ground’s owner which is reluctant to sell PSG’s historic home to the club
The Ligue 1 champions consider that PSG’s future no longer goes hand in hand with Parc des Princes
whose capacity no longer aligns with the club’s ambitions
Le Parisien reports this Wednesday that PSG CEO Victoriano Melero and the club’s head of real estate Nicolas Ramillon took a tour of Ris-Orangis’ abandoned racetrack
The town of Ris-Orangis lies approximately 23 km south of Paris’ center
The abandoned racetrack and its premises cover an area of 100 hectares
which would be enough to match PSG’s needs
Les Parisiens are not only looking to build from scratch a state-of-the-art stadium – whose capacity should range from 60.000 to 90.000 – they also plan to create a “PSG village” with shops
The outlet understands that PSG are planning to decide on their new home as early as the first weeks of 2025
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the municipality of Ris-Orangis in Essonne implemented 21 specific rights for the benefit of single-parent families
An initiative praised for these solo parents who are often in vulnerable situations
the collective imagination immediately thinks of a young mother with a baby
the share of single-parent families was 23% in 2023
41% of minor children living in single-parent families live below the monetary poverty line (2018)
"Des mesures sont immédiatement accessibles"Stéphane Raffalli, maire PS de Ris-Orangis, aborde les différents éléments qui composent l'aide aux familles monoparentales pic.twitter.com/vzwSiB1AJc
Ris-Orangis also wants to encourage the right to respite and should quickly develop a space allowing solo parents to take a break
«We also wanted to highlight the right to respite
By allowing solo parents to participate in sewing
While their children would also be doing activities with children of their age.»
Other initiatives include excluding the amount of child support from the calculation of the family quotient for school meal costs
as well as the creation of a building with 40 apartments specially intended for single parents
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the Paris outer suburb where Derrida spent much of his adult life with his wife
placed according to chronology and available space
Ris-Orangis is an hour’s drive south of Paris
snaking away from the Seine and back to it
There is a preschool here named after Derrida and one
two men in hi-vis jackets are blowing leaves and watch me striding up and down the rows
One of the leaf blowers turns off his machine and approaches me
“connaissez-vous Jacques Derrida?” He looks puzzled
throwing his arms wide and switching to English
Facing a wooden fence is a simple slab of marble on which his name is chiseled
but the first name is the one he was born with
and it is written too far away from his surname
as though it was a last-minute decision not to write Jacques
It is not known in which of the cinemas in Algiers Haim Aaron Prosper (Aimé) Derrida
daughter of Moise Safar and Fortunee Temime
saw Charlie’s Chaplin’s first full-length feature film
the six to eighteen months it took films to transfer from Paris to Algiers
and their marriage in 1923 make it tempting to believe that they did
There were between fifteen and twenty cinemas in Algiers at the time
most of them named—in a way that was to haunt Aimé and Georgette’s third son—after their equivalents in Paris
While most films that transferred from Paris to Algiers
All Quiet on the Western Front and The Threepenny Opera played for a week—plenty of time for as many of the population of 400,000 to see them if they wanted—Chaplin’s 1931 film
City Lights played for six weeks in the spring of 1932
For many Algerians—then as now—the little tramp represented the little man fighting against the oppressors
Chaplin himself visited Algiers in April 1931
but was forced to cancel all of the excursions his hosts had planned—to the Tomb of the Christian Woman
the funerary monument to the Berber King Juba II and Queen Cleopatra Selene II
daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony—as the crowds that followed him everywhere
As he wrote in his travelogue A Comedian Sees the World
for when we arrived thousands were lined along the road all the way to the hotel.” In private he was less charitable
the actress May Reeves “What an unbearable race
Enough of Arabs and these beastly Algerians
passed down the propitiously named rue Saint-Augustin
the adoring fans may have been joined by Aimé and Georgette
and their babe in arms less than one year old in 1931
Georgette was a week short of her thirtieth birthday (Aimé five years older)
and her passion for poker lasted all her life
And yet it may be that the game was a way of distracting herself; only ten months earlier she had lost her second child
This older brother haunted Jackie throughout his life
In his “Circumfession” (written between visits to his mother
a wake”) he described himself as existing “in the place of another.” The death of Paul
Jackie’s relationship with his mother was particularly intense
He was a boy who “up until puberty cried out ‘Mummy I’m scared’ every night” until
his parents allowed him to sleep each night on a divan beside their bed
was not a very demonstrative or affectionate mother
She did not just keep her poker face for the card table
Ten days before his birth was Le Centenaire de l’Algérie française
the hundredth anniversary of French colonial rule
unveiled a nine-meter monument on the beach at Sidi Ferruch
the spot where 34,000 French soldiers commenced their invasion in 1830
The monument featured two entwined female figures
In his speech Doumergue said “The celebration of the centenary will show in a decisive fashion the human
just and beneficial character of the French colonization methods and of the work of civilization she is pursuing.” The new Musée des Beaux Arts was opened in Algiers
as was an Exhibition in Oran—each Pavilion on its five hectares allowing people to tour all of Greater France in a day
but was unable to attend as he was shooting City Lights
uniting in its happy formula Latin races and indigenous races
Eighty thousand tourists visited Algeria in the course of the year
As James McDougall writes in The History of Algeria
settlers “saw their security of livelihood
home and person as dependent on the continued subjugation of Algerians
the ‘native peril’ whom they saw through a confused combination of racial and religious stereotypes
the Martiniquais psychiatrist and political philosopher who would chronicle the Algerian independence struggle
noting it is always the colonizer who is seen to make history: “His life is an epic
A compartmentalized Manichean and immobile world
a world of statues: the statue of the general who conquered the country
the statue of the engineer who built the bridge.” By contrast the natives were part of the landscape and thus dehumanized
Algerian Jews were granted French citizenship by the Crémieux Decree
which brought their rights in line with the rest of the pied-noir (black foot
The majority Muslim population had no such rights
and were subject to the Code de l’indigénat
Although tensions had not reached the scale that would lead to and accompany the Algerian War
At the same cinemas where Aimé and Georgette had watched Chaplin
Algerians “clapped and cheered when the hero made stirring speeches about Swiss independence in William Tell and when the Foreign Legionnaire heroes in Le Hommes Sans Nom(The Men with No Name) were shot by Moroccan insurgents.”
the Jewish population’s relationship with the rest of the pied-noir population often mirrored tensions present in France—as one account puts it
for European settlers “anti-Semitism tapped into […] perceptions of themselves as ordinary
Jews were held up as a rich and exploitative breed intent on dominating French Algeria.” Derrida’s grandmother
had to marry “clandestinely in the back courtyard of a town hall in Algeria
because of the pogroms (this was in the middle of the Dreyfus affair).” Despite the clandestine wedding
Jackie’s grandmother was part of an “extraordinary transformation of French Judaism in Algeria.” Where the generation before had been close to the Arab population in language and customs
she was “already raising her daughters like bourgeois Parisian girls (16th Arrondissement good manners
came my parents’ generation: few intellectuals
and some who were already exploiting a colonial situation by becoming the exclusive representatives of major metropolitan brands: with a tiny little office and no secretary
become the sole distributor of all the ‘Marseille soap’ in Northern Africa (I’m of course simplifying a bit)
Then came my generation (a majority of intellectuals: liberal professions
embourgoisement—of the Jewish population into Algerian French life saw forenames Gallicised and Jewish religious sites and practices Christianized—”an insidious Christian contamination,” Derrida later called it
“indigenous Jews,” who could identify neither with the “models
This “disorder of identity” could be staggering in its complexity
“In the milieu where I lived,” Derrida wrote
“we called all non-Jewish French people ‘Catholics,’ even if they were sometimes Protestants
or perhaps even Orthodox: ‘Catholic’ meant anyone who was neither a Jew
settler anti-Semitism in Algeria fed anti-Semitism in France—Algerian Jews were seen as part of the “native peril”—”Arabs of the Jewish faith.”
biographically reductive to see in this mélange of identities
contested selves and overlapping boundaries
the origin of deconstruction—leaving aside Derrida’s problematizing of “origin.” Asked in 1983 “where it all began,” Derrida responded “Ay
you want me to say things like ‘I-was-born-in-El-Biar-on-the-outskirts-of-Algiers-in-a-petty-bourgeois-family-of-assimilated-Jews-but…’ Is that really necessary
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Sandrine Courtial examines 3.5-month-old Ayline Alhas at the Centre de Protection Maternelle et Infantile (PMI) in Savigny-sur-Orge
has been bringing her in for free well-child check-ups since her birth
Imagine if in nearly every town in America
there was a public health clinic that offered completely free services for parents and young kids
you could drop in without an appointment for a checkup
vaccination or to ask the questions that plague new parents
The clinics would focus entirely on keeping you and your children healthy
they've had such a program for more than six decades
and it's been remarkably successful at helping French children get off to a good start
But now the system is being threatened by economic woes and immigration pressures
French children are raised to treasure fresh bread
parents and doctors have dutifully charted the growth of les enfants in these little books
In the waiting room at a preventive health clinic in the poor Parisian suburb of Corbeil
carnet de santes peek out of purses and diaper bags
aptly embody France's aspirations of solidarity — the "Liberte – Egalite – Fraternite" emblazoned on town halls
The waiting rooms at many PMI clinics in France
like this one in the southern Parisian suburb of Ris-Orangis
Pediatric nurses often run nutrition and parenting classes while parents wait for their children to be seen
one way a nation stays healthy is through good nutrition
a pediatric nurse at the clinic in Corbeil
perches on a toddler-size chair leading a group of mothers in a game called Bebe Nut
She asks each mom to pick a card out of a deck: One has a picture of soda; others
Then she asks: At what age can a child start eating it
and a lively debate begins about how best to prepare it
her arms covered in elaborate red tattoos; another is a fully veiled Muslim woman from Turkey
By encouraging these discussions in the more than 5,400 preventive health clinics all over France
health officials say these women are more likely to make nutritious meals for their children
When the French maternal and child protection system
there wasn't much thought about frozen fish
There were malnutrition problems," says Dr
who is in charge of children's preventive health at the French health ministry
If we start to select which populations we serve
and we absolutely want to avoid creating ghettos
she says the PMI clinics are still open to pregnant women and children up to age 6
"This is absolutely not based on charity."
But the clinics are doing much more now than they did 65 years ago
An army of public-health nurses help mothers who feel isolated or depressed
They try to prevent and detect childhood disabilities and mental health problems
and teach positive parent-child interactions
"All those health problems are going to cost money or are going to make those people less able to deal with work
and should be addressed when they are younger," Lefeuvre says
The focus on keeping pregnant women and children healthy has paid off
France has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world
Obesity and diabetes among children remain uncommon
And while the PMI is a small part of the country's broader universal health system
officials say having clinics focused solely on preventive care for children has an outsized payoff
some of the mothers discuss why they come to the clinic instead of using their health insurance to see private doctors for routine checkups
lives with her four children in the decaying public housing projects just outside the clinic doors
She says she prefers to come here because she doesn't need to pay
There are many professionals in the same place
She also says she thinks the doctors and nurses have more time to answer questions
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and local French authorities are struggling to maintain services
Claudette Buisson oversees the 60 PMI centers in Essonne — a large area south of Paris with middle-class suburbs and poor outposts like Corbeil
in favor of other local necessities like schools and roads
She's closed two clinics and is considering closing more
And I think that when they will see that we can't do prevention anymore
The French have long prided themselves on narrowing the gap between health and wealth
researchers found no correlation between infant mortality and income in Paris
That's unheard of in places like New York City
where infant mortality was three times as high in central Harlem than on the tony Upper East Side
who monitors France's health systems for the Office of the Inspector General
a parent's earnings are more and more determining a child's health
And Langlongue says educated families often don't need the extra help the PMI provides
"Social inequities of health are particularly widening for children," he says
five years ago the difference between the children of rich people and children of poor people was less than today."
Less affluent women are getting fewer prenatal checkups
and only 60 percent of children now are meeting nationwide targets for well-child exams
That divide is worrisome to the PMIs' most ardent supporters
She's an elegant Parisian who oversees the clinics in Paris
a city with vast pockets of poverty and a steady stream of new immigrants from Africa
Delours insists that the PMI cannot become the equivalent of some threadbare American public health clinics
"We want to make sure that we can offer services to very diverse populations
because we want to keep our services open to all," she says in French
"And if we start to select which populations we serve
and we absolutely want to avoid creating ghettos."
Delours says middle- and upper-income women suffer from isolation and postpartum depression just as much as anyone else
But the clinics — where visits are free — are becoming more essential for middle-class women for other reasons
Private pediatricians are retiring en masse
And young doctors aren't choosing the low-paying field of family medicine
Those who remain are charging more than government insurance pays
which means French families are reaching deeper into their pocketbooks
Laurence Quadrine lives in a tasteful but aging apartment in Paris
She's a former attorney who now raises her six kids while her husband works on the stock exchange
She started taking her youngest children to the neighborhood PMI after her regular pediatrician stopped accepting new patients
Corine Ramassamy brings her 2-month-old baby
in for a routine checkup with pediatric nurse Daniele Egon at the PMI clinic in Ris-Orangis
The nurse quells the new mother's concerns that the baby is spitting up milk after breast-feeding
Ramassamy says she comes to the PMI clinics because the quality of care is good
she's walked all over Paris: to the clinic with her 9-month-old son
she has everyone settled at the kitchen table for an afternoon snack of ice cream
chocolate and prunes for Marie because as we discover
Government cash subsidies for families have been scaled back for middle-income households
Her law firm made it difficult to balance work with children
That a French mother could consider herself to be on her own is probably a jarring notion for a nation so fiercely proud of its pledge of solidarity
And while it's unlikely that France will abandon its maternal and child health programs
it remains an open question whether social changes and economic reality might intrude into such a sacred French ideal
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THE WORLD WAR II HEROINE’S CAPTIVATING 1961 MEMOIR GETS ITS FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Art curator Rose Valland was an unassuming hero
After receiving degrees in art history from the École du Louvre and the Sorbonne
she became a volunteer assistant curator at the Jeu de Paume museum in France in 1932
the Nazi Party rose to power and Valland’s now historic trajectory was set in motion
Adolf Hitler’s grasp at European domination threatened all aspects of human life
André Dézarrois and an unidentified attendant at the Jeu de Paume museum in 1935
When German troops invaded and defeated France in the summer of 1940
it became clear to Valland that her country’s rich and precious cultural heritage was in peril
who allowed her to act as custodian of the Jeu de Paume’s treasured galleries
where Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) – the organization responsible for systematic looting during the occupation – stored the books
including Johannes Vermeer’s The Astronomer
this astute academic was risking her life to covertly document the inventory and movement of these cultural treasures in the hope they would someday be returned to their rightful owners
Valland remained vigilant throughout the war
tens of thousands of artworks and culturally significant objects were recovered after the fall of the Third Reich
She later became a captain in the French military and
one of the most decorated women in French history
documenting her saga in a 1961 memoir titled Le front de l’art
Valland signing a copy of her 1961 memoir ‘Le front de l’art.’ Photo credit: akg-images/Paul Almasy/Monuments Men and Women Foundation
period photographs and ample footnotes to guide the modern reader through her eyewitness account of Nazi looting
But for someone so instrumental in the cultural preservation of Europe
why has Rose Valland’s name remained largely unknown to global audiences
“Men have been talked about more [historically]
president of the Monuments Men and Women Foundation
“The French wanted their wartime past to fade away in the postwar years.” Bottinelli notes that several key Nazi figures were still alive when Valland wrote her memoir in the early 1960s and “it was safer not to talk about them.” Even Valland’s account of the dramatic war years reads with a certain degree of restraint
Only once in her book does she mention by name the German art dealer Bruno Lohse
who was Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring’s art agent and a prominent participant in the Nazi looting during the war years
threatened to shoot her when they suspected that she was paying too much attention to their looting operation,” Bottinelli says
The book’s limited-edition copies feature a fabric slipcase
Valland covertly made detailed notes of art transfers
which were largely executed under the illusion of legality and often came from the collections of prominent Jewish collectors
This fraudulent credibility on behalf of the Third Reich ultimately aided in postwar restitution efforts
“There are receipt slips of payments [for works bought by the Nazis]
but then you look at the bank accounts of the families
and those funds were never actually received,” Bottinelli says
“They recorded the amount that was decided upon
who was going to pay and where the funds were going to go
It’s just that the money was never actually sent
And the rightful owners would never have agreed to sell these works anyway.”
a system that ultimately backfired for the Third Reich after the war
“There was a paper trail for the majority of objects
which is why so many works of art were able to be returned to their rightful owners,” Bottinelli adds
“It was this attempt at creating a veneer of legality that then provided the map to operate the theft in reverse and return the works of art.”
Farmer with Valland and Monuments Woman Captain Edith A
Photo credit: Private collection/Monuments Men and Women Foundation
Hitler’s fascination with amassing an “important” art collection was initially inspired by a 1938 visit to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence at the invitation of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
As his reign of terror spread across the continent
Hitler commissioned his henchmen at the ERR to procure great works that the Führer deemed important
which were primarily Old Masters and Renaissance masterpieces
The dictator’s grand vision for these works was the so-called Führermuseum
an unrealized museum in his hometown of Linz
that he intended to use as a showcase of Teutonic superiority
The Nazis pillaged works from prominent collectors and targeted Jewish family collections
works by Jewish artists and those by Abstractionists and Expressionists including Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dalí and Marc Chagall were deemed “degenerate” and either used as currency to pay for the Nazi war machine or were destroyed
despite Valland’s best efforts to thwart destruction
She writes of witnessing a sobering scene in July 1943 when “a column of smoke kept streaming up from the terrace of the Tuileries Garden” as “modern paintings
All had been designated by the ERR as ‘unusable’ and dangerous
In them was a poison that had to be destroyed: the Jewish inspiration the Führer had denounced.”
The book includes more than 100 photographs
many of them showing the looted artworks that passed through the doors of the Jeu de Paume
Photo credit: Monuments Men and Women Foundation
dozens of others were recovered thanks to Valland’s singular efforts
“She was the only person on the inside to witness in detail what the Nazis were doing,” Bottinelli says
A notably epic scene in her text occurs in August 1944 when
as Allied troops were days away from liberating France
train cars were loaded with 148 crates containing “degenerate” works by Paul Cézanne
Amedeo Modigliani and Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Because Valland was able to record the rail car numbers on the Jeu de Paume’s shipment logs
the train was tracked and ultimately liberated by French troops
saving the irreplaceable works from theft and possible destruction
“Had the train been able to reach its destination of the castle of the Prince of Dietrichstein in Nikolsburg
one could assume that these works of art might have been destroyed all the same
since that storage location was entirely wiped out in the last days of the war,” Valland writes
Her account of this intense series of events was later dramatized in the 1964 film The Train starring Burt Lancaster and Jeanne Moreau
those who order a limited-edition copy of ‘The Art Front’ will receive a stamp issued in 2018 by the French Post to honor Valland
Valland remained dedicated to the restitution of Nazi-looted art and
despite receiving fleeting acclaim following the initial publication of her memoir
she was not widely celebrated in her lifetime before quietly passing away in 1980 at age 81
and too few of those who should have been there to honor this lioness of the arts,” Bottinelli says
It is the Foundation’s hope that this first-time English translation of Valland’s memories will spark far broader awareness and respect for her selfless and courageous service to cultural protection through one of humanity’s darkest hours
there is nothing more special than working with the primary source,” Bottinelli says
to have a chance to share the experience of this remarkable and heroic woman
with English speakers around the world makes us both grateful and proud.”
ANDREW NODELL is a contributor to Intelligent Collector
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Inns Of Court (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}-Learned Friend {Ger}
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has retired to Tally-Ho Stud for 2020 and will stand for €7,500
the homebred was the winner of his lone start at two
He dropped back to seven furlongs after finishing sixth in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and swept the G3 Prix du Palais-Royal and the G3 Prix de la Porte Maillot before finishing second in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois
He added the G3 Prix de Ris-Orangis over six furlongs last year and picked up more Group 1 black-type when runner-up in the G1 Prix de la Foret
He proved as good as ever at five this season
winning the Listed Prix Servanne and the G2 Prix du Gros-Chene and finishing second in the Ris-Orangis
a half-sister to dual Japanese Classic and Group 1 winner Fierement (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn})
“The horse had class on the racetrack
and has an ever-improving pedigree on the damside,” Tally-Ho's Roger O'Callaghan told Racing Post
“We had been following him for a long time so we are excited to welcome Inns Of Court to Tally-Ho Stud.”
Kodiac (GB) once again leads the Tally-Ho roster
Galileo Gold (Ire) and Mehmas (Ire) are both cut to €7,500 from €10,000
while Kessaar (Ire) and Vadamos (Fr) are trimmed to €6,000
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Allan Saint-Maximin’s mother
is sitting in a cramped office at US Ris-Orangis football club on the southern outskirts of Paris
smiling and recounting stories of her youngest child
“I gave this to Allan as a present on his 18th birthday,” she explains
“I wanted to show him his story so far — and to inspire him to continue achieving
We are a humble family and we come from a humble background
Photo after photo shows the Newcastle United forward growing from baby to child prodigy to Saint-Etienne’s third-youngest player ever
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At the end of the book there is a handwritten note from Nadege
wishing him a happy birthday before declaring: “This album has been designed so that every day
you appreciate the luck that you have… You must be like us; humble
The album is so cherished by Saint-Maximin that he has asked his mother to store it at the family home for safekeeping
though this is the first time in a long while that she has flicked through it
“We never thought Allan would be a professional,” says Alex
who was born on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe
‘One day I will be a professional footballer.’ We laughed when he first said it
We wanted him to study hard at school but we also said to him
We will support your decision.’ He was always determined to fulfil his dream and he is doing that in Newcastle.”
Saint-Maximin is standing in the tunnel at the Kassam Stadium wearing a Puma x Balmain headband and a thick coat to shield him from the cold
the Frenchman had run the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of 1,800 Newcastle fans following his exquisite 116th-minute extra-time winner against Oxford United in the FA Cup fourth-round replay
Having collected the ball on the left flank
jinked past two players on the edge of the area before unleashing an unstoppable finish into the right-hand corner of the net
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That represented just his second goal for Newcastle while he has only contributed a solitary assist so far
Yet those statistics belie the huge impact Saint-Maximin has already made
The Frenchman has started 12 Premier League matches
winning seven of them and losing just twice
In the 13 top-flight games he has not been in the XI
Newcastle have accrued just seven points — but with Saint-Maximin in the side
Saint-Maximin may not always provide the final pass or the finishing touch
yet he has undoubtedly established himself as Steve Bruce’s talisman
“What I always say to the trainer and my partners is
‘I’m happy if we win,’” he tells The Athletic in fluent English
“Even if sometimes I don’t score but the team wins
the team tends to win a lot so that makes me happy.”
It was his mother who told Saint-Maximin as a child that he had to learn English if he ever wanted to follow in the footsteps of one of his heroes Robert Pires and play in the Premier League
a territory in South America where half the population speak English
she brought her son with her on school trips to London to improve his linguistic skills
“I’m really pleased Allan is playing in England as he always wanted it
even if it came as a bit of a surprise,” Nadege says
“Allan told us he joined Newcastle because they were the first team who came for him,” Nadege explains before revealing that Saint-Maximin’s cousin is Therry Racon
who played for a string of English clubs including Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth from 2007-14
“He wanted to go somewhere he would play, not to sit on the bench. He also knew that French players like Yohan Cabaye, Laurent Robert
David Ginola and Yoan Gouffran had done well there [Newcastle]
Allan is very happy and he loves the supporters
Allan is an artist who wants to paint out on the pitch and he felt he could do that at Newcastle
His older sister, Cassandra, also travels to Newcastle monthly to keep him company. “If we do not visit Allan regularly, he gets in a bad mood because he misses us,” she explains. “I’ve been to St James’ Park twice and I saw Allan play against Wolves
I saw that everyone inside the stadium gets so excited when Allan gets the ball
Seeing my brother being applauded and hearing that noise
it was very shocking — but in a good way.”
“It’s really different here than in France but I came to England to play in the Premier League because
it’s the best league in the world,” Saint-Maximin tells The Athletic
“It’s where I always wanted to be and I’m pleased I’m here.”
Saint-Maximin actually prioritises family life over nights out
Rather than buy an apartment in a bustling part of the French Riviera
a quiet town half-an-hour away where his family could maintain their privacy
he lives on the outskirts of Newcastle with his three children — four-year-old Lyana
who is four months — and takes them for days out to Northumberland or to the cinema
“Family is very important to Allan,” Cassandra says
It was always his dream to play in the Premier League and I know he doesn’t regret choosing Newcastle
US Ris-Orangis’ dilapidated clubhouse feels a lifetime away from St James’ Park
There are cracks in the walls and tiles missing from the floor
This is the world in which Allan Saint-Maximin used to live
and briefly played for TU Verrieres-le-Buisson but it was on the streets of Meudon and on the pitches of Ris-Orangis where his talent blossomed
While his father worked at Paris Diderot University and his mother stayed late as director of a school in Meudon
he would play four-vs-four games with his friends on the roads and courts between apartment blocks
It was during these matches that he developed his trademark dribbling skills
Saint-Maximin would practise his skills in tight spaces
attempting to replicate the trademark moves of Brazilians Ronaldo and Ronaldinho
it was their countryman Robinho’s tricks that most inspired Saint-Maximin as a child
“I love a nutmeg,” Saint-Maximin told BBC Newcastle
“I’m always thinking about doing this in training and matches.”
believes that: “Street football improved Allan’s technique because it was purely for leisure
he was very rowdy; you couldn’t leave him alone in a room with toys because he’d end up breaking them
Playing football on the streets was the only way for him.”
“He was a hyper child who always had energy and he used to sleep with his football trainers on,” Nadege says
while looking at a 2007-08 squad photo which contains her son and pointing out that there is an individual shot of every other child around it barring hers
“He had run off before the individual photos could be taken
Saint-Maximin excelled at a number of sports — basketball
cross country and even rugby — but football was always his first love
he wanted to play football,” Cassandra explains
“He made me be the goalkeeper and he used to shoot really hard at me!”
the youngest Saint-Maximin sibling was spotted standing alongside his dad on the touchline at Verrieres-le-Buisson
“The coach was amazed by his touch of the ball and his liveliness,” Alex recalls
he could destabilise a defender because he could use both feet
I remember an amazing bicycle kick he scored in an indoor tournament.”
noticed Saint-Maximin toying with opposition players and signed him two years early for his age group
“He was very agile and completely different to the other players,” Demonchy
“You could see he learned his football out on the streets
He told us from the first day he wanted to be professional and we said to him
Demonchy would only coach children of the appropriate age but he was transfixed by Saint-Maximin
Even though he was small as a child and playing above his level
Demonchy reveals that opposition coaches would ask for proof of Saint-Maximin’s age because his performances were so impressive
He was doing everything right and nothing was random
he would tell his team-mates if they weren’t giving him the ball in the right place
I have been in football for almost 30 years but I haven’t known a kid like Allan.”
Nadege still cooks chicken and rice for the youngsters at Ris-Orangis
while her son regularly sends gifts to his former club
As Nadege stresses: “We always remember where we have come from
happiness is love and family — and Allan knows that.”
“Allan was 10 when I first saw him play at an under-13 tournament in Meudon,” the former Saint-Etienne scout Dominique Fernandez says
“I had never seen such a player in all my career
His speed and dribbling were immense; everyone who saw him was taken aback and every club wanted him.”
both of whom Saint-Maximin played against as a teenager
But Saint-Maximin rejected the advances of his home-city club and instead chose to move 325 miles to Saint-Etienne
“When we arrived at the club for the first time
Allan said he couldn’t explain it but he felt at home,” Nadege says
Saint-Etienne had welcomed Saint-Maximin as a guest to that 2008 match against PSG before he underwent three-day internships at their academy from the age of 11
Rival offers from other French clubs followed but Saint-Maximin’s mind was made up
“That’s where he wanted to play,” she says
Saint-Maximin had left Paris and moved permanently to Saint-Etienne
where he was looked after by Paul and Nicole Cavallero
They helped him to concentrate on his football and advance through the youth ranks
he needed looking after,” Nadege says of the Cavalleros
who later visited Saint-Maximin during his time in Nice
“The Cavalleros are such a kind family and Allan knows how important they were for him.”
In June 2013, Saint-Maximin signed his first professional contract and, just two months later, was handed his Saint-Etienne debut against Esbjerg in the Europa League by Christophe Galtier aged 16 years
Big brother Kurtys moved down to join him and the Saint-Maximin siblings lived in an apartment with Samuel Miracle
a youth player who had been released by Saint-Etienne
Samuel was welcomed into the Saint-Maximin family
he’s my brother,” Samuel tells The Athletic
“We became very close and we still are now.”
that Samuel splits his time between Paris and Newcastle — having done likewise at Nice — and organises Saint-Maximin’s off-field life for him so he can concentrate on football
paperwork and things like that,” Samuel explains
“We want Allan to succeed at football and have no distractions
Saint-Maximin entrusts his family and friends with his affairs
That is why Kurtys has represented him for two years — even if Saint-Maximin also has links to the ROGON player management agency
“We have had many agents who have tried to tie down Allan,” Nadege says
“Mino Raiola has approached him on a few occasions and he tried to take him to AC Milan last year
Previous coaches have tried to get him to sign to their agents as well
But Kurtys knows what Allan wants; it’s not about money
That desire for game-time is why Saint-Maximin rejected Arsenal’s advances in 2014 and signed a new contract with Saint-Etienne
just 17 appearances followed across two seasons and his relationship with Galtier suffered
When Saint-Maximin joined Monaco for £4 million during the summer of 2015
Galtier was keen to portray him as a problem player
claimed that he was “mistaken for a commodity” and that a “solution had to be found”
“Kids make mistakes without their parents and Allan has a very strong mind,” Nadege says
Galtier told Allan he would play more and he didn’t
Maybe Allan can be difficult but he felt Galtier was not honest with him.”
the apartment blocks tower over the landscape
containing dozens of children playing football
The best of them find their way to AC Boulogne-Billancourt (ACBB)
a multi-sports club with a pristine artificial pitch
“Allan wanted to join ACBB but they already had a full squad,” Kurtys recalls
Saint-Maximin would spend four years at ACBB
Printed in the photo album Nadege gave to her son is a quote Diarra said to Saint-Maximin during his formative years: “The only limit… It’s the one I impose on myself
The failure would be to give up.” It is something Saint-Maximin still repeats now
“He used to beat players for fun and I would have to stop him sometimes,” Diarra explains
“He was so far ahead of his team-mates they couldn’t read what he was going to do.”
But even then a criticism that still lingers was evident
Saint-Maximin’s greatest strength is his dribbling
who Saint-Maximin invited down to speak to schoolchildren in Nice in 2018
I remember one tournament; he beat his full-back and just kept going back to beat him again
It could drive you mad because he didn’t seem to be interested in scoring
I genuinely think he preferred dribbling past four players to scoring a goal
He was clever and knew that the best way to beat people was to keep the ball with quick feet
It gets him out of tight positions and makes him unique; he learned it playing on the streets
Augustin, who joined Leeds United last month on loan from RB Leipzig
was also at ACBB but Saint-Maximin was their prized asset
“Jean-Kevin had technique but Allan immediately made an impression,” says Bertrand Rebours
“He was the best attacking player I’d ever seen
I remember watching him dribble past an entire team and thinking
what a phenomenon!’ Allan is a born dribbler
Nike approached the Saint-Maximins about sponsoring Allan
A contract was signed and a separate bank account was set up
the money from which he can only access once he finishes playing
“We wanted to protect Allan’s future,” Nadege says
to set up a charity in Paris to help other young kids get into football
From the moment Saint-Maximin signed for Monaco
designer clothes and yachts — seemed to suit Saint-Maximin’s flash nature
‘Why did Saint-Etienne sell him?’” William Humberset
“Everyone wondered why they would sell their best young player for quite a low price
Saint-Maximin played with Christopher Nkunku and Florian Aye at Clairefontaine but was also expelled from France’s celebrated academy as a 12-year-old for what director Gerard Precheur described as “acts of hazing”
When Saint-Maximin then drove into a tram in an official club car while on loan at German club Hannover
leading to his exclusion by coach Daniel Stendel
“I don’t know where this bad boy image came from,” Saint-Maximin
sometimes people judge more than in England.”
Yet Saint-Maximin is defined by contradictions
drives expensive cars to training and on one occasion while at Nice
even posted a photo of his bank account on Instagram
He also said “I don’t give a fuck” during a live phone-in on BBC Newcastle in November
But this is the same person who visited Newcastle’s West End Foodbank
who shuns nights out to spend time with his family and who one Newcastle team-mate privately described as “just a lovely human being”
“It’s crazy how much of a contrast his personality is to how he dresses and how he is on the pitch,” the Newcastle forward Rolando Aarons tells The Athletic
“This flash guy image is just that: an image.”
His former Nice team-mate Wylan Cyprien agrees: “Only when you get to know him do you see the real Allan; a sensitive person with a big heart.”
“Allan is strong-minded but most of what is said isn’t true,” Nadege says
“He just needs honesty and to feel wanted.”
The word “mercurial” has repeatedly been used to describe Saint-Maximin and there have been comparisons made with Hatem Ben Arfa
another Frenchman who dazzled and exasperated in equal measure as a Newcastle player
“He’s eccentric off the pitch and like that on it
too,” Bruce said of Saint-Maximin in August
I think I’m going to have fun and games with him — but he’s got that natural flair that gets your off your seat.”
Saint-Maximin himself does not try to shy away from his love of glam
He started wearing headbands when watching kung-fu films as a child and they soon became part of his “identity”
His varied array of rings have led him to be hit with the most fines by Bruce this season — players are supposed to have removed them before getting on to the training ground
Saint-Maximin’s activity has been celebrated by supporters due to his light-hearted nature and how approachable he seems
He regularly tweets about being a “Geordie” or his contributions with amusing GIFs
while he shared a video of himself moon-walking last month as he declared himself fit to return
Some of the posts are produced by those close to Saint-Maximin
though he recognises the need to connect with fans — and even messaged “Mick C”
a Newcastle supporter who wrote a song about him
With Newcastle seemingly going through something of an existential crisis
Saint-Maximin’s playing style and off-field persona have the potential to inspire supporters
chair of the Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST)
even insisted last year that Saint-Maximin is “so important” for the club because he is “the first player in years who kids want on the back of their shirt and have on their wall”
Though Saint-Maximin declared rather strongly on that radio phone that he doesn’t care if he scores or assists as long as Newcastle win
eventually more of an end product must arrive
He has produced 24 shots and created two “big chances” in the Premier League
this season but has registered just one goal — at Sheffield United on December 5
given that it came on her birthday — and one assist
Even when he was Bastia’s best player during a loan spell in 2016-17
he only netted three times in 34 appearances and his highest-scoring season came last year at Nice
whose strategy is to sign young players and sell them on for a significant profit
allowed Saint-Maximin to join rivals Nice in 2017
Saint-Maximin was a club-record signing and Nice hoped that his value would rocket but Monaco expected to recoup more
“Monaco decided Saint-Maximin could not progress and so were happy to sell him,” Humberset explains
while sat outside a cafe overlooking Nice’s old port
the move to Nice was the moment for him to show that he could be a very good player.”
Those at Nice recall Favre storming up to the president’s office after Saint-Maximin’s first training session and demanding the forward be sold due to his lack of “tactical intelligence”
Favre was said to have been frustrated by Saint-Maximin’s desire to dribble
Saint-Maximin established himself as a key player
“Saint-Maximin is so talented he had to be in the first XI,” Humberset says
“And both Favre and Vieira hoped they’d be get the maximum out of him
Vieira even prioritised Saint-Maximin over Mario Balotelli
Balotelli and Saint-Maximin developed a keen off-field friendship
Balotelli even jokingly declared that his team-mate could one day play for Real Madrid
Balotelli grew frustrated at Saint-Maximin’s constant dribbling and would regularly show his displeasure when not receiving a pass
Balotelli screamed at Saint-Maximin in the changing room at the Allianz Riviera for failing to get him the ball
Vieira thought Balotelli and Saint-Maximin could be the best attack in France after PSG,” Humberset suggests
Vieira’s relationship with Saint-Maximin also became strained
Saint-Maximin failed to turn up for a match against Angers
claiming he was ill even though the club doctor had declared him fit
Vieira publicly questioned Saint-Maximin’s “decision” not to play
leading the player to respond with a tweet claiming an ankle injury
Even though Saint-Maximin was arguably Nice’s best player
an exit last summer became inevitable after that incident
his dribbling talents have been lauded but eventually he must produce more substantive results
no player attempted more dribbles per game (4.2) than him — yet he was among the least efficient finisher and creators in Ligue 1
“He could be one of the most sought-after players in England,” a European scout says
“But he needs to add goals and assists to his game
End product is what separates the top players.”
I think they were hoping to sell him for £50 million,” Humberset says
revealing Saint-Maximin had a £90 million release figure in his contract
when they got £18 million for him they were quite happy
“Allan is one of those players who excites on highlight programmes and fans of every other club love him
Marseille fans loved Allan and would rather have signed him than Balotelli when he moved there
you see the same because he is exciting but then you think
‘Where are the goals and assists?’ At Nice
I saw that Allan has everything to be a top player but it’s about end-product now
I really hope he finds that at Newcastle because I want him to do well.”
“Sometimes I do some runs and I make space for my partner
then after they are more free and can score
so it’s not all about me scoring goals,” the Frenchman insists
I don’t only think about goals but I do know I have to take my game on the next level by scoring more goals
giving more assists and doing everything better.”
Saint-Maximin’s parents and Cassandra recount story after story about Saint-Maximin before looking to the future
“I’m very proud but I usually don’t tell Allan that,” Cassandra says before we leave
“He has done so well but I want him to go further and further.”
Saint-Maximin has already established himself as the side’s key attacking player
He has frustrated as much as he has flourished when it comes to actual material contributions but
the prime years of his career are still ahead of him
Although he may remain an enigma both on and off the field
Saint-Maximin has a real opportunity to fulfil his potential on Tyneside — and his family will play an important role in helping him achieve that
“Allan chose the club of his heart and we followed,” Nadege adds
don’t go there’ but Allan wanted to play and be happy
He’s happy in Newcastle but this is just the start of the journey
“If he keeps remembering where he came from
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Spycatcher gained a first Pattern-level success when landing the Group 3 Prix de Ris-Orangis under jockey Clifford Lee for trainer Karl Burke
Second in the Group 3 Chipchase Stakes on the all-weather at Newcastle last weekend
Spycatcher travelled strongly for Lee before stretching clear in the closing stages to run out a decisive winner in the colours of owners Highclere Thoroughbred Racing
The five-year-old was shortened to 10-1 co-favourite (from 12) for the Stewards' Cup by Paddy Power and Lee said: "The last day he ran a brilliant race at Newcastle and today he's loved this ground
I liked the way he travelled into it and quickened away."
On how hard it is to run off an eight-day gap with all the travel
Lee added: "It does take a lot of doing
Some horses you can't really do that with but he's a tough horse to turn around and win."
Beauvatier made it three wins from as many starts and marked himself out as a serious challenger for major two-year-old honours in the autumn with an effortless defeat of Zabiari in the Listed Prix Roland de Chambure
"From the moment the stalls opened he pointed his ears and he was the winner at every stage thereafter," said trainer Yann Barberot
"He didn't need to really accelerate hard at the end and I think he's just a very good horse
"The only thing he lacks is a little bit of size and I'd love him to strengthen up behind
I'll take my time and wait for the autumn
when he'll head to the Prix la Rochette."
Beauvatier ran down the Christopher Head-trained Ramatuelle
who subsequently scooted up in the Group 3 Prix du Bois and is due to return to action in the Prix Robert Papin next Sunday
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Sebastien Haller struggled at West Ham but his all-round old-fashioned centre-forward brilliance has shone through clearly everywhere else
he was loaned to Utrecht and did really well
netting 11 in 17 games and winning the club’s Player Of The Year award
Haller moved to the Netherlands permanently and spent 2015 to 2017 at Utrecht
That was a record which attracted the attention of the Bundesliga’s Eintracht Frankfurt
pushed it across Utrecht’s desk and took Seb away under their arm on a four-year deal
he played well and scored 33 goals across 77 games
In the 2018/19 season he was involved in 24 goals
This caught the attention of West Ham United
who decided they’d rather like a good striker
So they offered £45million – nine times more than he’d cost two years previously – but couldn’t come up with the cash in one go so bought him on HP
putting 75% down with the other 25% payable over five years
which frankly looks like they couldn’t really afford him
His first season wasn’t much of a success
and then the club failed to make a £5.4m instalment payment in summer 2020 which got the Hammers reported to FIFA
Frankfurt sold the debt onto investment group MSD Capital
with his second campaign not proving any better
West Ham cut their losses and sold him to Ajax for another club record – £18.8m – which just shows the difference in finances of big Dutch clubs to wiener-sized Premier League clubs
Worse was to come: they had to pay the £5.4m owed to MSD Capital
which meant that they only got about £13m from the sale
The Hammers had lost the thick end of £30m in 18 months on Haller
You must be very proud of your financial incompetence and incontinence
I think we can all agree it shows an unparalleled degree of financial stupidity which would get you fired on The Apprentice
here comes the Premier League with another £100m+ of free money within six months
and it turned out that breaking their transfer record was not the gamble that it appeared to be as he scored 13 in 23 from January 2021 and in the first half of this season he’s scored a mighty 22 in 24 games
meaning in one year he’s netted 33 times in 45 games
Haller is proof that just because you’re no good in the Premier League it doesn’t make you a bad player
even if some of the ‘abroad is a foreign country’ pundits seem to think that anyone can score loads in the Hairydivhayseed
He also made his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2020
even though he’d previously played for France at every level
He has three goals in six games and heads to AFCON this month as a star player and one of Europe’s most in-form strikers
being a tall and broad 6ft 3ins means he gets his fair share of headers
often being first to goalkeeping spills and rebounds – an old-fashioned sniffer
He shoots early when he has the chance and has a good bicycle kick in his paintbox
His performances have been so ruthless partly because he fits into the Ajax system so well. Erik ten Hag, their manager, is one of the game’s best coaches and he gets the best out of Haller in a way that David Moyes couldn’t, but the player holds no grudges
“Maybe I wasn’t in the best moment of my career
Maybe things were quite difficult for me and maybe the set-up was not perfect and me myself was not at the right time
it’s just the situation that you need to understand and see
It was really frustrating to see those games coming and getting no goals
I also had the feeling that I couldn’t really find the perfect place on the pitch or anticipate what my partner will do.”
That sounds like they didn’t set up to get the best out of him and he couldn’t fit into the system that they wanted him to play in
It also sounds like they didn’t do their research in scouting him and thought they were buying a different sort of striker
Even if the price tag weighed heavily on him
if you don’t have the team architecture right then everything will be disjointed and it won’t click
Haller did produce some impressive bicycle kicks against Crystal Palace
The impressive thing about Haller is that he’s an all-round striker
not someone who blinds us with high skill and a grab bag of tricks
a striker who is not bothered how he scores or what it looks like
he’s a bit of a throw-back of a centre-forward
first-to-the-ball and leap-highest striker
though somewhat out of fashion in the modern game
possibly precisely because defences do not play against such players as often as they once did
Only 14 goals in 18 months for West Ham but some crackers here:
it always disappoints me when a top European player barely registers in England
I suppose it all goes to show that when mainstream football culture tells us abroad is a foreign country
Those with a pan-European outlook feel we are all one football nation bound together by our love of the game
Interest in anything outside these shores is unpatriotic intellectual elitism
Sometimes looks like a standard target-man
but will then produce an elastic scissor-kick or a jaw-dropping flick
— Kevin Hatchard 🎙⚽️ (@kevinhatchard) January 7, 2022
I’m still wondering why he didn’t get more credit for his performances at West Ham to be honest
he was £45m (pre-pandemic) and Haaland went for less than half of that 6 months later…
— Mickey Gallen (@mik_jg) January 7, 2022
The discontent at the grotesque financial imbalance between the Premier League and everyone else is a source of much fury right across Europe
When even a club of the pedigree and history of Ajax cannot financially compete
The fact he failed at West Ham United will definitely keep some other greasy English fingers off him
The stain of having failed in the best league in the world is not easily washed off the more narrow-minded Premier League executives who will think he’s had his chance and blown it
They won’t be keen to touch such soiled goods
given Newcastle are so desperate that they’d sign a wheelbarrow of beef mince for £100m to play as centre forward
With their next game being against Benfica
there is the chance of going deep into the Champions League and Haller will want to stick around for that
His is a great story and one which shows the importance of matching player to team and manager and not just expecting that spending money will buy you success
it’ll be fascinating to see how far he can help Ivory Coast progress
he’ll be one of the most dangerous strikers in the competition
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l’entretien et le nettoyage des biens loués
la fourniture de linge et d’articles d’accueil
la maintenance courante et toute prestation annexe facilitant l’exploitation et l’optimisation des biens immobiliers ;\nL’activité de conseil auprès des chefs d’entreprise
notamment en matière de stratégie patrimoniale
en particulier le conseil en matière immobilière
toutes autres opérations commerciales ou industrielles se rapportant directement ou indirectement à l'un des objets ci-dessus ou susceptibles d'en favoriser la réalisation
Président : Mme KIFUDI Andress demeurant 69 rue du Parc d'Athis 91200 ATHIS-MONS élue pour une durée illimitée Admission aux assemblées et exercice du droit de vote : Chaque actionnaire est convoqué aux Assemblées
Clauses d'agrément : La cession de titres de capital et de valeurs mobilières donnant accès au capital à quelque titre que ce soit
Durée : 99 ans à compter de son immatriculation au RCS de EVRY
HSD 26S.A.S au capital de 1000 Euros43 RUE DANIEL MAYER 91560 CROSNE937 534 287 R.C.S
EvryAUGMENTATION DE CAPITAL Aux termes de l’assemblée Générale Extraordinaire en date du 15/04/2025
il a été pris acte de modifier le capital de la société à compter du 15/04/2025
Nouvelle mention : « Le capital social est fixé à 163 000 euros (cent soixante-trois mille euros)
Il est divisé en cent soixante-trois mille (163 000) actions d’un (1) euro de valeur nominale
libérée et détenue en totalité par l’associé unique
Nature de la modification : apports en nature pur et simple de 100 % des titres de la société SMPRO CONSEIL immatriculée au RCS de Evry sous le N° 982 039 877.Mention sera faite un RCS de Evry
Par ASSP en date du 24/03/2025 il a été constitué une EURL dénommée :
Siège social : 8 RUE GABRIEL FAURE 91260 JUVISY-SUR-ORGE Capital : 100 € Objet social : E-commerce - Décoration ameublement et cosmétique non réglementé.\nAchat revente de véhicule.Location de véhicule sans chauffeur.Vente en e-commerce de produit informatique et multimédia Gérance : M ÇOUHAIB MAUDUIT demeurant 8 RUE GABRIEL FAURE 91260 JUVISY-SUR-ORGE Durée : 99 ans à compter de son immatriculation au RCS de EVRY
Un moyen de renforcer la vigilance face à la hausse de violences
comme celles qui viennent de faire deux morts en Essonne
Siège social : 105 avenue de la République 93140 BONDY Capital : 1000 € Objet social : Transport de personnes avec chauffeur VTC Président : M NOUREDDINE Skander demeurant 105 avenue de la République 93140 BONDY élu pour une durée illimitée Admission aux assemblées et exercice du droit de vote : Chaque actionnaire est convoqué aux Assemblées
Clauses d'agrément : Les actions sont librement cessibles entre actionnaires uniquement avec accord du Président de la Société
Durée : 99 ans à compter de son immatriculation au RCS de BOBIGNY
SARL au capital de 8000 € Siège social : 109 AVENUE ROGER SALENGRO 94500 CHAMPIGNY-SUR-MARNE RCS CRÉTEIL 912455391
Par décision Assemblée Générale Extraordinaire du 30/11/2024
il a été décidé qu’il n’y avait pas lieu à dissolution de la société malgré les pertes constatées
L223-42 du Code de commerce à compter du 30/11/2024 Modification au RCS de CRÉTEIL
Siège social : 77 rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth 75003 PARIS Capital : 100 € Objet social : La Société a pour objet
tant en France qu'à l'étranger :\n- la prise de participations
la détention et la gestion d'actions ou de parts sociales
dans toutes sociétés constituées ou à constituer sous quelque forme que ce soit
immobilières ou autres et toutes opérations y afférentes ;\n-toutes prestations de services
financier ou autres ;\n- la réalisation de toutes opérations de ventes à réméré (dont le régime est défini par le Code civil aux articles 1659 et suivants) d'un ou plusieurs biens immobiliers dont elle serait propriétaire ou qu'elle souhaiterait acheter ;\n- toutes activités de marchand de biens
à savoir l'achat de biens immobiliers ou terrains en vue de leur revente ainsi que toutes opérations de promotion immobilière ;\n- la prospection
la mise au point de toutes opérations de vente ou d'achat
de tous biens et droits immobiliers commerciaux ;\n- la création
l'administration et la gérance de sociétés civiles immobilières de construction
l'exploitation de tous établissements de rapportant à l'activité spécifiée\n- la prise
l'exploitation ou la cession de tous procédés
marques et modèles concernant ces activités ;\n- la souscription de toute dette
nécessaire à la réalisation de l'objet de la Société
en ce compris tout emprunt bancaire ou émission obligataire ou émission d'obligations convertibles en actions en vue de financer
des travaux relatifs à ces biens ou des biens mobiliers nécessaires afin de meubler ou
permettre l'exploitation desdits biens immobiliers ;\n- et plus généralement
mobilières ou immobilières pouvant se rattacher directement ou indirectement à l'un des objets spécifiés ou à tous objets similaires ou connexes
de nature à favoriser son extension ou son développement ;\n- le tout directement ou indirectement
pour son compte ou pour le compte de tiers
par voie de création de sociétés nouvelles
de société en participation ou de prise ou de dation en location ou en gérance de tous biens ou droits
Président : la société NERGUISIAN CONSEIL SASU située 77 rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth
75003 Paris 75001 PARIS immatriculée au RCS de PARIS sous le numéro 878563360 Admission aux assemblées et exercice du droit de vote : Chaque actionnaire est convoqué aux Assemblées
Clauses d'agrément : Les actions sont librement négociables
sauf dispositions législatives ou réglementaires contraires
Durée : 99 ans à compter de son immatriculation au RCS de PARIS
Par ASSP en date du 30/04/2025 il a été constitué une SAS à capital fixe dénommée :
tant en France qu'à l'étranger : - la conception
l'importation et l'exportation de vêtements
d'accessoires et d'équipements liés à la pratique d'activités sportives ou de loisirs; - la vente de produits dérivés en lien direct ou indirect avec les activités précitées; - l'organisation
la promotion et la gestion d'événements sportifs
ainsi que toutes prestations de services y afférentes; - la création
l'importation et l'exportation de produits de nutrition sportive et de bien-être
boissons fonctionnelles et autres denrées assimilées; - la création
la gestion directe ou indirecte de salles de sport
ainsi que toutes activités annexes ou connexes (vente de produits
Durée : 99 ans à compter de l'immatriculation au RCS de Meaux
Siège social : 21 Rue Verte 77120 Coulommiers
pour une durée indéterminée demeurant 21 Rue Verte 77120 Coulommiers
Clauses proposées Admission aux AG et droit de vote : Chaque actionnaire est convoqué aux Assemblées
Clauses d'agrément : Tout projet de Transfert de Titres
à la seule exception des Transferts Libres
est soumis à l’agrément préalable de la collectivité des associés statuant dans les conditions visées à l’ARTICLE 15.4.1
Sans préjudice des stipulations de l’Article 10.3 (Agrément)
chaque titulaire de Titres consent aux (autres) associés de la Société (les « Bénéficiaires du Droit de Préemption »)
pour le cas où il envisagerait un Transfert
un droit de préemption permettant d’acquérir
étant toutefois précisé que (i) si le Cessionnaire est un Bénéficiaire du Droit de Préemption
il pourra participer à la préemption aux côtés des Bénéficiaires du Droit de Préemption non-Cessionnaires
et (ii) si le Cédant est un Bénéficiaire du Droit de Préemption
il ne pourra pas participer à la préemption sur ses propres Titres
EURL au capital de 1500 € Siège social : 124 bis avenue de Paris 94800 VILLEJUIF RCS CRÉTEIL 918499765
il a été décidé la dissolution anticipée de la société et sa mise en liquidation amiable à compter du 28/02/2025
il a été nommé liquidateur(s) M SOULAT Romain demeurant au 124 AVENUE DE PARIS 94800 VILLEJUIF et fixé le siège de liquidation où les documents de la liquidation seront notifiés au siège social
propose en collaboration avec ses partenaires fonciers
pour la construction de maisons neuves définies par le constructeur
avec un contrat de construction de maison individuelle
Assurances et garanties du constructeur (RC professionnelle
Garantie de livraison à prix et délai convenu)