2) Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1)
Any club in Europe would be thrilled to have won two domestic cups, reached the final of a third and still in with a chance in the title race. Paris Saint-Germain fans have seen it all though. No other team in France has come close to winning titles while PSG steamrolled past everyone to domestic quadruples.
However, this season has been anything but ‘successful’ by their own standards. AS Monaco, once their partner in crime in spending lavish amounts of money to build a squad of superstars have done the exact opposite by promoting youth talent and succeeded.
The club from the principality are top of the league with a game in hand while they also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League – a feat PSG have struggled to emulate in the past few seasons. The fans no longer care for the lesser known domestic cups as that is least expected from a club with such a talented squad on high wages.
The departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic – serial winner of league titles – has had an effect and, even though Edinson Cavani has somewhat stepped up in his absence, elimination at the hands of Barcelona in the Champions League destroyed the club’s morale. No team had come back to win from a 4-0 first-leg deficit and PSG capitulated in spectacular fashion
After signing Julian Draxler, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Goncalo Guedes and Jese (all ranging between €25m to €40m), they were thought to have a complete squad and make the step up in Europe. Sadly, it never came to pass.
