PSG: There is a saying that says you’re wealthy if you don’t glance at your bank account every day. That was exactly the case with Manchester City, which led to the club losing its title and disappearing from the competition.
They have such absurd profit and loss accounts that it is implausible that they are following any kind of financial fair play guidelines. If we compare the sales and income figures across the last 10 seasons, PSG showed a balance of -988m euros, whereas Manchester City recorded a balance of -1046m euros.
In the meantime, Barcelona is trying to make it through financially controlled by LaLiga, while also battling to survive on the pitch.
Sales and spending from 2011/12 to now
- Manchester City –Â 1.65 billion euros in expenses and 606 in sales = – 1.046 billion euros
- Paris Saint Germain –Â 1.438 billion and 450 million = -988 million
- Juventus –Â 1.578 billion and 1.025 billion= – 553 million
- Barcelona –Â 1.535 billion and 993million = – 542 million
- Liverpool – 1.089 billion  and 660 million = – 429 million
- Bayern Munich – 796 million and 374 million = – 422 million
- Real Madrid – 1.098 billion  and 903 million = -195 million
In the process of competing for the Champions League title, both of these state-owned clubs have never had a problem raising money, as they have the financial power to do so.
The controversial renewal of Kylian Mbappe’s contract has brought many questions to mind. Bringing their concern and disquiet to the attention of the International Football Federation (FIFA), the Spanish and Italian leagues decided that they would be filing complaints to investigate the operation’s compliance with the UEFA and Ligue 1 financial regulations.
Vincent Labrune, the president of Ligue 1, didn’t cast doubt on the renewal, instead, he slammed Javier Tebas’ statements that the club would pursue an investigation into the matter.
Having dominated the French league for the majority of its existence, PSG has spread its influence across Europe.
Thus, Manchester City now have two of the highest-paid players in the Premier League, namely Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.
The top 10 salaries in the world (in gross terms)
- Mbappe (PSG): 100 million
- Neymar (PSG): 49 million
- Messi (PSG): 40 million
- Haaland (City): 40 million
- De Bruyne (City): 40 million
- Cristiano (United): 31 million
- Hazard (Real Madrid): 30 milion
- Benzema (Real Madrid): 24 million
- Lewandowski (Bayern Munich): 23 million
- De Gea (Manchester United): 23 million
Crazy amounts of money
Investing 1.119 billion euros in Manchester City has led to a major transformation since Pep Guardiola arrived.
It is estimated that 400,000,000 euros were spent on several defenders including Nathan Ake (45 million), Danilo (30 million), Nicolas Otamendi (55 million), Joao Cancelo (65 million), John Stones (55 million), Aymeric Laporte (65 million), Benjamin Mendy (57 million), Kyle Walker (52 million) and Ruben Dias (68 million).
Then, with the help of offers that Real Madrid and Barcelona were unable to match, PSG snatched the captains of Barcelona and Real Madrid from their clubs in a similar situation.
Furthermore, there are those in the top five
While both teams spend big, they are still far behind the traditional European powers, despite having spent so much. Forbes, in a report, stated that Real Madrid is the richest team in the world, surpassing Barcelona as the second richest club in the world. Although the crises and the departure of some stars have hit the Spanish teams, both teams remain at the top of the rankings.
As of right now, PSG’s merchandise revenue has increased by 60 percent since Messi found his way to the French club, while Manchester City’s products are selling well, outselling those of their rivals, Manchester United.
As per Forbes’ list of the world’s most valuable teams
- Real Madrid: 5.1 billion euros
- Barcelona: 5.1billion
- Manchester United: 4.6billion
- Liverpool: 4.45billion
- Bayern Munich: 4.27billion
- Manchester City: 4.25billion
- PSG: 3.2biliion
- Chelsea: 3.1billion
- Juventus: 2.45billion
- Tottenham Hotspur: 2.35billion
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