PSG Club Value & Squad Cost More Than Double That Of Champions League Opponents Inter Milan | OneFootball

The squad cost of PSG is more than double that of their Champions League final opponents Inter Milan.

This is highlighted in today’s print edition of Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, via FCInterNews.

Paris Saint-Germain are in the Champions League final. This is the second final in their history.

And winning Europe’s biggest prize has always been the biggest objective for PSG since their Qatari takeover in 2011.

Qatari Emir Tamim Al Thani bought PSG in 2011 for €100 million. The Qatari ownership has invested €1.3 billion in the club since then, the Gazzetta note.

PSG’s commercial profile has grown enormously under its present ownership.

From the arrival of big name players to the high profile partnership with Nike Jordan, the value of the French club has risen to €3.8 billion according to Football Benchmark.

Meanwhile, Football Benchmark value PSG’s Champions League final opponents Inter at €1.7 billion under Oaktree Capital.

PSG Squad Cost More Than Double That Of UCL Final Opponents Inter Milan

MILAN, ITALY – MAY 22: (L-R) CEO Corporate FC Internazionale Alessandro Antonello, Oaktree’s Global Opportunities strategy Managing Director Katherine Ralph, Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe for Oaktree’s Global Opportunities strategy Alejandro Cano, CEO Sport FC Internazionale Giuseppe Marotta attend a meeting between FC Internazionale new owners Oaktree and Club’s Management on May 22, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Guido De Bortoli/Getty Images)

Then, there is the big disparity in the squad costs of PSG and Inter Milan respectively.

PSG’s squad cost between rages and transfer fee amortization comes to €790 million for the 2023-24 season, notes the Gazzetta.

Meanwhile, for Inter, that figure stands at €309 million.

On wages alone, PSG spent a total of €659 million last season. Meanwhile, for Inter that figure was €257 million.