PSG to wear Je Suis Paris shirts in honour of Paris attack victims
Paris Saint-Germain players will wear special shirts featuring the message ‘Je Suis Paris’ for their next two matches, the club have confirmed on their Official website.
Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain have announced that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co. will don a different jersey without any sponsor's logo for the next two games in tribute to the victims of the terror attacks in the capital city on 13 November.
PSG will bear the message, ‘Je Suis Paris’ in their Champions League Group A match against Swedish side Malmo on Wednesday night and again on Saturday against Troyes, their first Ligue 1 home match after the attacks.
“This message of unity will appear on the shirt in the space usually occupied by our main partner Emirates,” a statement on the club's website read on Monday.
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi would like to “especially thank the club's partners Emirates, as well as Ooredoo and QNB, who have released their space on the players' jerseys”, according to the statement. There are two variants of the tribute shirt, both in home colours and away.
“Je Suis Paris” translates to “I am Paris” in English which reminds of the “Je Suis Charlie” message that was adopted after the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris same year in January.
At least 129 innocent people were killed in coordinated attacks on Paris on Friday the 13th. One of the areas targeted was the Stade de France, where France played Germany in an international friendly while three bombs blew up outside the stadium.
"Next Saturday, for the first home match at Parc des Princes since the dramatic events, Paris Saint-Germain will honor the victims with a message in unison with the vibrant solidarity expressed by the French and International football community during the past days,” added the statement.