Already this evening in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal match, the weapons will clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.
Not so long ago, the French team could not dream of such battles and only thought about qualifying for the prestigious continental tournament.
However, everything changed in 2011 when the team was purchased by investors from Qatar.
In the first season, players like Javier Pastore and Blaise Matuidi were acquired, with a total of 95.8 million euros spent.
Since then, the newcomers have not been short of money - in the following seasons, respectively, 110.8 million (Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva), 109.4 million (Edinson Cavani, Marquinhos), 49.5 million (David Luiz), 114 million (Angel Di Maria, Layvin Kurzawa), 136 million (Jese, Julian Draxler, Grzegorz Krychowiak), and 238 million (Neymar) (+180 million) euros were spent.
When PSG completes the formalities for the acquisition of Kylian Mbappe next summer, the total amount spent will exceed the symbolic 1 billion euros mark.
In 2012, the club president Al-Khelaifi set the team the task of winning the UEFA Champions League within five years. Although the team has not yet won the gold in the tournament, perhaps tonight PSG's star-studded lineup will show that the fantastic amount of money was not spent in vain.
