The French Revolution
Being a French Paris St Germain fan cannot have been much fun in recent years. There has been a rapid decline in the quality of the France international team often the players attitudes destroying what could be a good team. This was a nation that was promising what Spain have now done and look like continuing to do. Being a Paris fan has been just as desperate, no league title since 1994 and rarely participating in Europe.
However things are looking a lot brighter for the future of PSG if not France. I wanted to know more about the new owners and what their investments will bring to PSG. The new owners are Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), this was announced at the end of May after months of speculation. It was known that the QIA would invest into a football club but it was expected to be in one of the big three league and probably in England.
PSG have already spent 43million euros and with the arrival of Patore from Palermo this figure will be more like 80million euros. These players have been of real quality that have either played or could play for some of the biggest teams in the Europe so why have they picked PSG? All of the new signings are pretty much guaranteed first team football and it was probably the best offer for them. However Pastore was a target for Chelsea so why did he choose PSG.
In my opinion there are several reasons, the money being offered was pretty much the same and Chelsea have champions league, but PSG is exciting the start of a revolution. There is almost guaranteed national trophies potentially European trophies and the prospect of rising the reputation of not just the club but a nations football. For me it’s not that strange decision.
People are already writing off any chance of PSG taking European glory but it can be done and that has been proved with Lyon being strong in the CL, Monaco reaching the final of the CL only to be beaten by Jose’s Porto. PSG can do it and with Leonardo as Director they have someone with links to the best players from Italy and Brazil.
If the English Premier League is anything to go on then there will be more investment for other clubs which could all potentially make the French league a massive competition again. But it could also affect the French national team negatively. Look at England and Since 2003 (When Roman took over Chelsea) there has been a decline in the quality of English player because the big teams need to invest big money in the best players and this is often abroad.
Malaga of Spain are very similar recently purchased by very rich owners with massive spending power but in an already very well respected league. Again for me this is great news La Liga needs more competition or it looks like fizzling into a two horse race every year like the Scottish league.
Very exciting times all across Europe.
Viva La Resistance
