If in women's handball, CSM Bucharest is “the black hole“where Romania throws money mercilessly to win the Champions League, the French also have a similar sports project, but in football.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of PSG. PHOTO: The Truth Archive
That's right, with a small big difference: “their black hole“It is financed by the petrodollars of the Arabs, ours by the Romanian hunchbacked by taxes and fees. And, of course, the size of the sums spent is incomparable. At PSG, just eliminated from the semifinals of the Champions League, the financial balance is a hallucinatory one, according to the figures available on the transfermarkt.com website. Because, starting from the 2011-2012 season, since Qatar's petrodollars turned PSG into one of the richest groups in the world, the amount of 1.3 billion euros went only on acquisitions!
Year after year, the Parisians brought big names to the team, but the Champions League trophy “flees” by them. Even Manchester City managed to fulfill this dream of winning the League last year, after spending, in turn, an amount “obscene“, of over a billion euros, to fulfill all Guardiola's desires in terms of acquisitions.
Returning to PSG, at the present time, after all the investments made, this club can be called the most expensive failure in the history of the Champions League. Because, in addition to the amount of 1.3 billion euros that went on transfers, we also have to put in the salary budget. An astronomical one. To get an idea, it's worth remembering that, in March 2022, “L'Equipe” published the ranking of salaries in the French championship. The first 14 places were then occupied by PSG players! At that time, Neymar earned 4 million euros, Messi 3 million and Mbappe 2.2 million. Per month!
It is remarkable that despite the fact that the wait for a European triumph is getting longer, president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has confidence in his project at PSG.
“We are very disappointed after the double with Dortmund. I think I deserved more. Dortmund won, well done to them. We are sad for our supporters, but proud for the team. We were, again, in the semi-finals. Of course, that's not the goal, I wanted to be in the final. But this is football and we have to accept it. Sometimes it's not fair. We are building a long-term project here, we have one of the youngest teams in Europe. Our future is bright. We will continue on this path“, said the head of the French champion.
PSG, “cursed” in the League
Edition Phase Reached Opponent
2023-2024 Dortmund Semi-Finals
2022-2023 Optimi Bayern
2021-2022 Optimi Real
2020-2021 Semi-Final Man. City
2019-2020 Final Bayern
2018-2019 Optimi Man. United
2017-2018 Optimi Real
2016-2017 Optimi Barcelona
2015-2016 Quarters Man. City
2014-2015 Quarters Barcelona
2013-2014 Chelsea quarters
2012-2013 Quarters Barcelona
PSG's big transfers in the last 11 years
Season Star brought Amount paid
2023/24 Randal Kolo Muani 95
2022/23 Nuno Mendes 48.80
2021/22 Achraf Hakimi 66.50
2021/22 Lionel Messi free
2020/21 Mauro Icardi 50
2018/19 Kylian Mbappe 180
2017/18 Neymar 222
2016/17 Julian Draxler 36
2015/16 Angel Di Maria 63
2014/15 David Luiz 49.50
2013/14 Edinson Cavani 64.50
2012/13 Thiago Silva 42
*transfer amounts are in millions of euros
Champions League, semi-finals
PSG – Dortmund 0-1 (0-1 in the round)
Real – Bayern 2-1 (2-2 in the round)
The Real Madrid – Dortmund final will be hosted by Wembley Stadium (London) on June 1.
Europa League, semi-finals
Today, 10 p.m
Atalanta – Marseille (1-1 in the round)
The VOYO platform
Leverkusen – AS Roma (2-0 in the round)
Pro Arena and the VOYO platform
The final of the competition will be hosted by the Aviva Stadium (Dublin) on 22 May.
Conference League, semi-finals
Yesterday
Club Brugge – Fiorentina 1-1 (2-3 in the round)
Today, 10 p.m
Olympiakos – Aston Villa (4-2 in the round)
The VOYO platform
The final will be at “Agia Sophia Stadium” (Athens) on May 29.
