If you plan to buy PSG from Qatar Sport Investment, which has owned it since 2011, you will have to break the piggy bank.
The Parisian club, which faces Bayern Munich in the quarter-final second leg (2-3 first leg) of the Champions League on Tuesday, is worth $ 2.5 billion, or just over 2 billion euros.
“Paris Saint-Germain is now one of the ten football clubs with the highest values according to the Forbes ranking unveiled on Monday by the leading economic magazine, the club said in a statement.
By settling in ninth place in the standings, Paris Saint-Germain gains two places and sees its valuation increase by $ 1.4 billion compared to the last ranking published by Forbes.
"This previous ranking was established in 2018." Paris Saint-Germain has more than doubled its valuation, now estimated at $ 2.5 billion by the magazine which has carried out these evaluations for more than a decade, continues the club.
In this latest publication, Paris Saint-Germain are the club with the highest percentage increase in value (129%), thus consolidating their place among the world's elite.
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"A consecration of our development policy" insists Nasser al-Khelaïfi
This is the first time that Paris has moved into the Top 10 of the richest clubs on the planet.
“This ranking, congratulates the president of PSG Nasser al-Khelaïfi, is a new consecration of our development strategy.
In less than ten years, the Paris Saint-Germain brand has become THE world reference in the world of sport and lifestyle.
Thanks to the considerable efforts made so far, we have solid assets to build our future successes, on and off the pitch ”
The @PSG_inside is now one of the ten most valuable football clubs according to the @Forbes ranking unveiled this Monday by the leading economic magazine.
By settling in ninth place in the standings, the capital club gained two places.
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- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) April 12, 2021
10 years ago when the Qatari took power, he had gone a long way, not appearing in the Top 20 of a ranking dominated at the time by Manchester United, Barcelona or Real.
“Since the acquisition by Qatar Sport Investment in 2011, the club's press release indicates, and particularly over the past five years, PSG has established itself as the most dynamic club in the world.
In 2021, he enters the top 10 in the Forbes ranking for the first time since acquiring QSI, when the club was not considered for a valuation among the top 20 teams in the world.
The first valuation of the club by Forbes magazine dates from 2014: $ 415 million and 15th place in the ranking.
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In 2020, the Deloitte Money League report placed PSG in 5th place among European football clubs and in the top 10 of global sports franchises.
“This progression, confirms the club, is also based on the development of the Paris Saint-Germain brand, whose impressive growth has already been highlighted in the Brand Finance 2020 Football 50 report, where the value of the Club brand has been ranked 7th.
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