OneFootball
Blaise Bourgeois·3 May 2019
OneFootball
Blaise Bourgeois·3 May 2019
This is the news no PSG ever wants to hear. According to L’Equipe, Qatar Sports Investments are preparing to decrease the club’s funding due to unimpressive performances.
Ever since QSI bought the French club in 2011, there were expectations that they would become one of the world’s biggest clubs.
Despite bringing in superstars such as Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, PSG have fallen short and have yet to advance past the quarter-finals of the Champions League and have exited the tournament in the round-of-16 the last three seasons.
The report goes on to say that poor performances in this year’s domestic cups and their constant criticism due to their early European exit has worried the Qatar Emir and he has said that PSG is now ‘harmful to his image’.
Of course, PSG have been wildly successful in France, winning six out of eight Ligue 1 titles since QSI’s involvement and won the domestic treble four straight times from 2015 to 2018.
Since 2011, PSG have paid over one billion euros in taxes alone, which, according to the Premier League, is more than all the Bundesliga, Serie A, and LaLiga clubs combined!
QSI have been rumored with a Roma takeover, though that report was rubbished by the club’s president. They are also reportedly interested in purchasing a Championship club with a large fanbase and the potential to quickly earn promotion to the Premier League.