Posted on December 15, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. by AC
This season, the owners of Paris Saint-Germain seem to have bet everything on the Champions League. But what will happen if PSG don't win it?
Qatari owners have always been known to invest heavily in the transfer market. It started in 2011 and the amounts have continued to increase, notably with 222M € from Neymar and 145M € from Kylian Mbappé. This summer, it was another raid that Paris Saint-Germain made the transfer window, with the arrival of Lionel Messi, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sergio Ramos or even Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes. A flashy recruitment, which clearly shows the will of QSI : after more than a decade and billions invested, it is time for PSG wins the Champions League! It must be said that the stakes are high for Qatar, which will host a World Cup that will already be historic in a year, if only by its trip in the fall.
Leonardo and Al-Khelaïfi on an ejection seat
The means put in place to achieve this are immense … which could make the failure even more terrible! This Wednesday, MARCA assures that there would be enormous pressure on Paris Saint-Germain this season, since in Doha we believe we have reached a turning point in the project and we would therefore expect results. The Champions League will begin with the round of 16 against Real Madrid, with a first match on February 15th. And PSG has every interest in skipping this round, since heads should roll otherwise. Also according to MARCA, the sporting director Leonardo and the president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi would be in the sights of Qatar and will therefore be the first to pay, in the event of defeat.
The Pochettino project does not convince
On the front line, however, we find Mauricio Pochettino. Extended this summer until 2023, the coach of Paris Saint-Germain is far from being unanimous, as we revealed to you on le10sport.com. A trend confirmed by MARCA, which ensures that within PSG we would have enormous doubts about the continuation of the project of Pochettino. Asked last November, the main interested party seemed calm, however. “We live in an environment with many rumors. Sometimes they are positive and other times negative. Still, I do not want to talk about these rumors ”had entrusted the coach of PSG, at a press conference. “PSG are a great club and I respect that a lot. I focus on that. I am not going to make the mistake of speaking out on this, because you know that whatever I say or not say is going to be interpreted. ” Yet the shadow of Zinedine Zidane hangs over Pochettino and Paris Saint-Germain.