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#1 Paris Saint-Germain
Unlike the other clubs on this list, PSG doesn’t have a long history. The club was established in the year 1970. Although the club is quite young compared to others, it has achieved far more success than any other Ligue 1 side. It has won more than 34 trophies in its short history. It is one of the two French Clubs to ever win a European Trophy. The other team being Ligue 1 rivals Marseille.
The club was first owned by French fashion designer Daniel Hechter. After he was embroiled in a double ticketing scandal the ownership changed hands. Investment firms such as Butler Capital, Colony Northstar, and Morgan Stanley bought stakes in the club. The constant change of owners was hampering the clubs performance.
Things changed with the arrival of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, Chairman of Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) in 2011. The group bought the club for €80 million. Nasser Khelaifi arrival changed the clubs financial position. The club was in huge losses until his arrival.
The new owners from Qatar turned the club cash-rich overnight. The clubs first move was to by the best players in the world. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Cavani and David Luiz were all bought within a few months of their arrival. This led UEFA to punish the club with €60 million for violating Financial Fair Play.
The club surprised the world when it bought Brazilian Superstar Neymar for a staggering €222 million from Barcelona. The clubs attacking triad consisting of Neymar, Cavani and Mbappe are the most expensive forwards.
Qatar Sports Investments is essentially backed by the ruler of Qatar. The groups Chairman also heads the beIN Media Group. Nasser Khelaifi was voted as the most powerful man in French Football. He is also a Minister in the Qatari Government and has close ties to the Emir.
Since the arrival of QSi the clubs fortunes have literally changed. The club reports more than €500 million in revenue annually. It’s the 7th most valuable football club in the world. Its value has jumped from €80 million in 2011 to €1.5 billion in 2017.
PSG have spent a fortune on signing new players but it has failed to win the most coveted trophy in Europe- the UEFA Champions League. With the arrival of its latest signings, it hopes to win the trophy.
