City have shared similar frustrations to the Paris club, who have started to look the part and will contest their first European Cup final in Lisbon on Sunday
Finally, for the first time, Paris Saint-Germain are one victory away from winning Europe’s top club competition and realising the great ambition of their state-owned benefactor, Qatar Sports Investments. They have won 18 major domestic trophies since QSI bought the club in 2011, but the Champions League is the hardest trophy to buy. Just ask Manchester City.
When Neymar moved to PSG from Barcelona for £200m three years ago he was seen as the final piece of their Champions League jigsaw and I am sure he would have expected to have won it by now. The French league does not have the appeal of Spain or England – it was the prospect of being the key man in a team destined for European success that would have drawn him to Paris. But this is the highest ambition in club football and normally it takes a while to get there, which, for a group of players used to success, can be extremely frustrating.
Continue reading…City have shared similar frustrations to the Paris club, who have started to look the part and will contest their first European Cup final in Lisbon on SundayFinally, for the first time, Paris Saint-Germain are one victory away from winning Europe’s top club competition and realising the great ambition of their state-owned benefactor, Qatar Sports Investments. They have won 18 major domestic trophies since QSI bought the club in 2011, but the Champions League is the hardest trophy to buy. Just ask Manchester City.When Neymar moved to PSG from Barcelona for £200m three years ago he was seen as the final piece of their Champions League jigsaw and I am sure he would have expected to have won it by now. The French league does not have the appeal of Spain or England – it was the prospect of being the key man in a team destined for European success that would have drawn him to Paris. But this is the highest ambition in club football and normally it takes a while to get there, which, for a group of players used to success, can be extremely frustrating. Continue reading…
