El poder del dinero: Paris Saint-Germain [ESP - ENG]

Hola a toda la comunidad de Full Deportes, el día de hoy vengo a contarles una historia muy interesante, a día de hoy todos conocemos al París Saint-Germain de Messi, Neymar y Mbappé que siempre vemos en últimas instancias de la Champions League, inclusive llegando a la final hace un par de años, o ganando la Ligue 1 repetidamente en la última década, pero esto no siempre fue así, ya que hace más de una década el PSG era un equipo de mitad de tabla sin muchas estrellas, y que mucho menos había estado cerca de ganar una Champions, pero en el año 2011, todo eso cambió.

Hello to all the Full Deportes community, today I come to tell you a very interesting story, today we all know the Paris Saint-Germain of Messi, Neymar and Mbappé that we always see in the last instances of the Champions League, even reaching the final a couple of years ago, or winning Ligue 1 repeatedly in the last decade, but this was not always the case, as more than a decade ago PSG was a mid-table team without many stars, let alone having come close to winning a Champions League, but in 2011, all that changed.

Pongámonos un poco en contexto, a finales una temporada 2010 – 2011 de la Ligue 1 en la que el PSG quedaba en la 4 posición clasificando a la Europa League, un buen resultado, tomando en cuenta que la temporada anterior quedaron debajo de la media tabla, un grupo inversor de Qatar llamado “Qatar Investment Authority” compró en 70% de las acciones de club, convirtiéndose así en el inversor mayoritario con Nasser Al-Khalaifi ejerciendo el cargo de Presidente, esto cambió radicalmente la historia de un club que desde 2003 no había podido siquiera clasificar a una Champions League.

Let's put it in context, at the end of the 2010-2011 Ligue 1 season in which PSG was in 4th position and qualified for the Europa League, a good result, considering that the previous season they were below mid-table, a Qatari investment group called "Qatar Investment Authority" bought 70% of the club's shares, thus becoming the majority investor with Nasser Al-Khalaifi as President, this radically changed the history of a club that since 2003 had not even been able to qualify for a Champions League.

Esto trajo consigo fichajes muy importantes como el del arquero Salvatore Sirigu, defensas como Alex y Maxwell, y medio campos como Thiago Motta que la venía rompiendo en el Inter o un joven Javier Pastore que pintaba a ser una gran promesa del fútbol argentino, lo cual se tradujo en una gran mejora a nivel futbolístico, consiguiendo así un subcampeonato en la temporada siguiente 2011- 2012, asegurando así el tan anhelado puesto directo a la fase de grupos de Champions League de la temporada siguiente.

This brought with it important signings such as goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu, defenders such as Alex and Maxwell, and midfielders such as Thiago Motta, who had been a star at Inter, and a young Javier Pastore who looked to be a great promise of Argentine soccer, which resulted in a great improvement in soccer, achieving a runner-up finish in the following 2011-2012 season, thus securing the long-awaited direct place in the Champions League group stage the following season.

La temporada siguiente fue el primer gran golpe sobre la mesa del mercado de fichajes para el PSG, haciéndose con jugadores de talla mundial como Thiago Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Blasie Matuidi y David Beckham, quien volvía al futbol de elite luego de unos años en la MLS, además de grandes promesas jóvenes como Marco Verratti, Andrien Rabiot y Lucas Moura, que lograron que el PSG se proclamara campeón de Ligue 1 por 3ra vez en su historia, título que no conseguían desde el año 1994.

The following season was PSG's first major coup in the transfer market, bringing in world-class players such as Thiago Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Blasie Matuidi and David Beckham, who returned to top-level football after a few years in MLS, as well as promising young players such as Marco Verratti, Andrien Rabiot and Lucas Moura, who returned to elite soccer after a few years in MLS, as well as promising young players such as Marco Verratti, Andrien Rabiot and Lucas Moura, who helped PSG become Ligue 1 champions for the third time in their history, a title they had not won since 1994.

Con el paso de las temporadas el PSG se fue convirtiendose cada vez más en un equipo de estrellas con la llegada de Edison Cavani, David Luiz, Ángel Di María, Julian Draxler, Keylor Navas, Neymar y Kylian Mbappé con los estuvo a punto de lograr el sueño llegando a final de la Champions League en la temporada 2019 – 2020, pero cayendo a manos de un Bayern Munchen en uno de sus mejores momentos futbolísticos, lo que hizo que Nasser Al-Kalaifi diera uno de los golpes más duros en la última década, fichar a Lionel Messi, quien se iba libre del equipo que lo vio crecer, el FC Barcelona, para afrontar la temporada 2021 – 2022.

As the seasons went by, PSG became more and more a team of stars with the arrival of Edison Cavani, David Luiz, Angel Di Maria, Julian Draxler, Keylor Navas, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé with whom they came close to achieving the dream by reaching the Champions League final in the 2019 - 2020 season, but falling at the hands of Bayern Munchen in one of their best footballing moments, which made Nasser Al-Kalaifi give one of the hardest blows in the last decade, signing Lionel Messi, who was leaving the team that saw him grow, FC Barcelona, to face the 2021 - 2022 season.

Sin embargo, esto tampoco pudo ser, ya que pese a tener uno de los planteles más temidos y caros del mundo, volvieron a caer tempranamente en un partido de vuelta, al que llegaban con cierta ventaja frente a un Real Madrid de Karim Benzema que estaba teniendo una de las mejores temporadas de su carrera, haciendo que la frase “el dinero no es todo” resuene en la cabeza de un PSG que se ha gastado más mil millones de euros en los últimos años en fichajes, pero que aún se le sigue resistiendo, su anhelada Champions League, ¿creen que el PSG pueda ganar la próxima Champions? ¿o creen que esto jamás será posible mientras pongan el dinero primero que el juego?

However, this was not to be either, as despite having one of the most feared and expensive squads in the world, they once again lost early in a second leg, which they came into with a slight advantage against a Real Madrid side featuring Karim Benzema who was having one of the best seasons of his career, making the phrase "money is not everything" resonate in the head of a PSG that has spent more than a billion euros in recent years in transfers, but that is still resisting their longed-for Champions League, do you think PSG can win the next Champions League? Or do you think this will never be possible as long as they put money before the game?However, this was not to be either, as despite having one of the most feared and expensive squads in the world, they once again lost early in a second leg, which they came into with a slight advantage against a Real Madrid side featuring Karin Benzema who was having one of the best seasons of his career, making the phrase "money is not everything" resonate in the head of a PSG that has spent more than a billion euros in recent years in transfers, but that is still resisting their longed-for Champions League, do you think PSG can win the next Champions League? Or do you think this will never be possible as long as they put money before the game?