The football club announced yesterday on twitter their plans for a press conference which will be held in Shanghai, China on Thursday, April 19th at 11:30 CET. That’s less than 48 hours left until PSG will most likely announce either a collaboration or a full acquisition of a Chinese esports team or organization. Paris Saint-Germain entered the esports field in late 2016. They already hold a League of Legends team and players in FIFA and Rocket League. So all these three disciplines are out of the discussion when asking what PSG could possibly announce on Thursday.

Paris Saint-Germain eSports will hold a press conference this Thursday in Shangai at 11h30 CET. Be sure to stick around for some exciting news about our future !#DreamBigger 🔴🔵🇨🇳 pic.twitter.com/9IRdJ3L4nY — PSG eSports (@PSGeSports) April 16, 2018

Given the amount of Dota 2 organizations, teams and the overall good results in the scene this competitive season, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see PSG signing one of the rosters we know. Unless they have a CS:GO team in mind, which it’s particularly hard to believe as the Chinese CS:GO scene has never been strong enough to raise interest from a football club like Paris-Saint Germain, then Dota 2 fans might wake up Thursday to cheer for a Chinese-French team.

PSG is not the first football club of such big caliber to get involved with the esports world. Besiktas made their esports entrance with a LoL team, FC Schalke have FIFA players and a LoL team representing their banner, Ajax also signed FIFA players.

In the recent past, the only Dota 2 team to make a partnership with a big football club was Complexity Gaming who were signed by Dallas Cowboys. As of now, they are the sole investors in a top tier Dota 2 team, if PSG will join them, we should find out this Thursday.