Is PSG heading for a record year? Competing in all competitions after its victory against FC Barcelona in the quarter-final of the Champions League, Paris can still dream of a historic quadruple. This qualification will also have a significant impact on finances since it will allow the French champion to see his income reach nearly 120 million euros.
The capital club had already pocketed 93 million euros by exiting the group stage and qualifying for the round of 16 of the C1. To this nice jackpot, we must now add 10.6 million euros for participation in the quarter-finals and 12.5 million euros for the upcoming semi-final (April 30 or May 1 and 7 or 8 may).
To explain this sum, which will certainly help Paris to complete a new record year in terms of revenue (802 million euros last year), we must look at the details. In addition to the figures linked to the levels reached in the competition, this envelope is made up of a participation bonus (15.64 million euros), a results bonus over the season which corresponds to victories and draws in the competition phase. pools (7.46 million euros) and a coefficient bonus calculated over the last ten years and the UEFA ranking (around 30 million euros).
In addition to this, the “market pool”, based on national TV rights, allowed the French champion to recover an additional 33 million euros.
140 million euros for the winner of the event
With these 120 million euros already acquired, PSG far exceeds its total from the previous season which amounted to 100.4 million euros. In the event of qualification for the final of the Champions League, the amount could further evolve significantly and approach 140 million euros since the winner gains an additional 20 million euros when the finalist leaves with 15.5 million euros. ‘euros. For comparison, the budget of RC Lens is 118 million euros, that of Clermont 22 million euros.
Before a summer transfer window which promises to be decisive in the wake of the departure of Kylian Mbappé, this would offer a little more latitude to Paris to strengthen its squad. By parting ways with Neymar, Sergio Ramos and Lionel Messi last summer, the French champion was already able to finance his entire market and the sales of Marco Verratti, Julian Draxler and Georginio Wijnaldum allowed him to generate new margins. Definitely, the years when it was necessary to count by cents under the yoke of UEFA and its financial fair play seem far behind.
