In 2011, Paris Saint-Germain solemnly formalized the sale of the club to Qatar Sports Investments, a Qatari investment fund that landed in France with the aim of creating one of the best teams in Europe in Paris. 13 years have passed since then, with an expenditure of 2 billion euros, without a Champions League, the great obsession of investment, putting an end to the galactic project this Saturday, after winning its fifteenth French Cup, with the exit by Kylian Mbappé.
The departure of the French forward means definitively closing the star project, the one that tried, through money, to make an unbeatable team. Last season, Qatar decided to change its intentions, focusing on signing players who would strengthen the team and completely forgetting about the stars. Although he made, as in 2022, a titanic effort to renew Mbappé, his departure takes Paris Saint-Germain into a new dimension.
Qatar’s ability to attract great footballers was such that stars such as Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Lavezzi, Pastore, Cavani, among many others, paraded through Paris. Three years ago, in fact, the glamor increased with the arrival of Messi, but PSG later realized that bringing together the best individuals in the world is not synonymous with success.
Mbappé represents the last vestige of a disproportionate investment, extraordinary expenses, a gigantic capital. Not even with Messi, Neymar and Mbappé was the Parisian team capable of winning a Champions League, so the Qatari shareholders, also Luis Campos, gave the reins of the project to Luis Enrique, with whom individualities have taken a backseat and The collective has been strengthened.
“I have 23 starters, I have no substitutes,” the Asturian coach has consistently repeated throughout the season. In its first year in Paris, PSG has become a much more solid, choral team, without internal fissures, without extra-sporting problems, which were what had hindered it at the moment of truth in the most crucial moments in the Cup. of Europe. Three titles, all three in France, and a Champions League semi-final is more than enough baggage for Luis Enrique.
The summer in Paris will be hectic, full of changes, investment will continue in great players, but now in a more rational way. The premiums on the stars will not be repeated and it will be difficult to see a team in which individualities prevail over the collective. “It is impossible to replace Mbappé, we will replace him with four, five or six signings, as a team,” said Luis Enrique after winning the French Cup. A new era has begun in Paris.
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2024-05-28 11:27:46
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