PSG, a large European club on the economic field which only the Champions League is missing

The new rich football may have all the gold in the world, experience cannot be bought. Like Chelsea and Manchester City before him-also supported by the hundreds of millions of euros from their foreign owners-, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) must at least take it twice before winning the Champions League. The capital’s club faces Inter Milan on Saturday, May 31, with the ambition to raise, finally, the “big ears cup” for the first time in its history, after a final lost in 2020.

A success would restore an anomaly: Paris has the reputation and income of a team winning the largest of European competitions, without having ever won it. According to the Deloitte Football Money League, a classification which compares the financial power of clubs each year, PSG generated 805.9 million euros in revenues in 2023-2024, only beaten by Real Madrid (1.04 billion) and Manchester City (837.8 million). Inter Milan is 14ᵉ (391 million). Olympique de Marseille, second hexagonal training on the list, is 19ᵉ (287 million).

“PSG is on another planet compared to other French clubs. It is one of the first worlds and this season will further strengthen its position ”estimates Jean-Pascal Gayant. The economist specializing in sport even predicts that he “Will be in the fight with Real Madrid” To be at the top of the Deloitte Football Money League next season, which would be new.

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