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Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)
by
temple
on 19/02/2024, 16:31:39 UTC
Like I've always said in the thread, I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop Paris Saint Germaine from winning the French Ligue 1 this season and that's because of the quality of players in the team when compared to the rest of the clubs in the French league. Since the current owners of Paris Saint Germaine took over the club, they've been the highest spenders in the transfer market by a French team and one of the highest spenders in the whole of Europe so it's almost impossible to stop them from winning at least the French league title. At the end of the current season, I expect Paris Saint Germaine to win the French league which will be their 8th consecutive win of the league but their most challenging issue is winning the UEFA Champions League title.

We've seen some of the best players in football of the last two decades play for Paris Saint Germaine since the new owners took over the ownership of the club but the closest they came to winning the European Cup was in the 2019/20 season that they played in the final against eventual winners Bayern Munich. I think the best time for Paris Saint Germaine to win the UEFA Champions League title is now because at the end of the current season, their best player Kylian Mbappe will be leaving the club.

Oh this is definitely correct and PSG has outcompeted Manchester City over the course of the last ten years, but to my surprise I found some interesting data which I totally overlooked. I thought that PSG is the #1 investor either next to Chelsea or slightly less, but here is some breakdown:

10. West Ham United – €526m
09. AC Milan – €545m
08. Tottenham Hotspur – €609m
07. FC Barcelona – €663m
06. Newcastle United – €671m
05. Manchester City – €856m
04. Arsenal FC – €872m
03. Paris Saint-Germain – €1.01bn
02. Chelsea FC – €1.033bn
01. Manchester United – €1.39bn

But keep in mind that this is the net spend! This would be the overview for the total expenditure:



Here you can see that Monaco is the only club in the top 20 and is at about 50% of total expenditure. There is no competition at all for PSG in Ligue 1.