The French have paid out 1,589 million euros since the 2011-2012 season
PSG have again fallen in the round of 16 of the Champions League for the second consecutive year. The ‘orejona’ again eludes Galtier, despite leaving as one of the big favorites for the trophy and the club’s big goal. And it is that, the entity that presides over Al-Khelaifi has paid a billionaire to achieve the conquest of Europe since the academic year 2011-2012: 1,589 million euros invested in transfers.
Many players and coaches have been through the Prince Park to achieve glory from that year onwards. When they came closest, it was in the 2019-20 season since they reached the exact final for his executioner of this edition: the Bayern Munich. During that course he directed the German Thomas Tuchel. During the following season, they achieved their second-best record in the league, reaching the semi-finals at the hands of Pochettino. The rest: one group stage of the Europa League, four times in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and five times in the round of 16.
It was the two exceptions that confirm the rule that the Parisian team does not do well in the Champions League, misses matches the 6-1 from Camp Nou. The course they reached until the last game of the competition, the investment amounted to 95 million euros. And the next, 62 million. However, there have been campaigns with exorbitant figures: in 2018/19, with the arrival of Mbappé at the head, 262 million was spent on PSG. And last year, with the signing of Neymar, an investment of 238 million euros.
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They have also bet heavily on the banks, because in addition to the names already mentioned since 2011-2012, names like Carlo Ancelotti, Laurent Blanc, Unai Emery or Galtier. But the French prove to be the perfect example that names aren’t everything in football.
Source: Goal