After having invested hundreds of millions of euros in the transfer market since the takeover of Paris Saint-Germain in the early 2010s, Qatar now has its money. Bad news for the rest of the Qatari project?
By offering themselves the capital club in 2011, Qatar had one main objective: to restore the image of the Emirate in the world through football. And the least we can say is that this mission was successful, insofar as the gas country even ended up organizing the 2022 World Cup. Could a certain form of climax be enough for Qatar? Potentially yes. Which would still be very bad news for PSG, which has depended on QSI’s money for years to aim for victory in the Champions League. Given the turn the Qatari project is currently taking, with the recruitment of free players in the majority and the potential loss of Mbappé in 2024, Paris can in any case fear the worst, according to Grégory Schneider.
“It’s starting to do a lot of little worrying things”
🇶🇦💵 #QSI : The end of the project #PSG ?
🍿💥 @SchneiderGrgory launch the debate on @Europe1 : No big hit on the transfer market, misses, the case #Mbappe …
🗣️ “Something’s wrong!”➡️Do you think the #Qatar will change guidelines with Paris? pic.twitter.com/mLHs2QOsU0
– Europe 1 Sport (@Europe1Sport1) June 25, 2023
“I don’t have the impression that Qatar is putting a lot of heart into pursuing the PSG project. The beginning of the end ? With the Qataris, the investment is proportional to the checks they put in to take players. It is on the transfer market that they strike big blows. But, there, we hear about the takeover of Manchester United by Qatar. Campos said he missed his transfer window last summer because he did not have enough funds to take Lewandowski for example… There, Marcus Thuram said no to PSG to join Inter Milan. It’s starting to do a lot of little disturbing things. I can’t wait to see if the Qataris will strike another big blow by taking on a big player in the transfer window. It would reassure me, because for the moment, there is something wrong… They still opened the door to Mbappé, who thinks he can leave. I am dizzy. What’s behind all this? It’s not serious, PSG is not on the usual standards … “launched, on Europe 1, the journalist of Liberation, who thinks that Qatar could change guidelines with PSG, especially if the takeover of Manchester United were to be confirmed in the coming months.
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In this case, Paris could take a back seat and see its big project fall through little by little. However, for months, we have known that Nasser Al-Khelaifi is also working on the entry into the capital of Paris Saint-Germain of a new minority investor. This was to materialize this summer, but the idea mentioned by the boss of PSG in the middle of the 2022 World Cup is probably a little late. Or else, it’s another huge surprise that Paris is preparing for us in the coming weeks.
