“Since we arrived here, the Champions League has been our dream, and we are close to fulfilling our dream now,” Khelaifi said after the team beat RB Leipzig in the semi-final. Under Khelaifi, a revered figure in Qatar, PSG are effectively a different club. That season PSG returned to the Champions League after eight years away and won their first Ligue 1 title of the Qatar era. Deloitte’s most recent figures put them fifth again with revenue of 635.9 million euros. PSG committed the two biggest transfer fees in history, signing Neymar from Barcelona for 222 million euros and Kylian Mbappe from Monaco for 180 million euros, in 2017.

Source: Manila Times August 22, 2020 16:10 UTC