(05-18-2018, 08:46 PM)JagsorDie Wrote:

(05-18-2018, 08:42 PM)DarloJAG84 Wrote: I did say they have some decent players, which I still admit and won't deny.. Although, Dani Alves is 35 and Thiago Silva is 33 so I didn't think it was relevant to mention them, personally (I'm basing this on the last few years). I think they've achieved roughly what they should have in the UCL thus far. When you compare their squad of players over the last few years to the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich.. I can't see how they would even challenge for winning the competition.

Yeah I guess that is valid. I guess I just question why they would drop almost a quarter of a billion on someone if they didn't feel they could compete. Yes real, Barca, Bayern, and manc are great but teams like Liverpool and Roma made a run and they have less talented squads than those teams and arguably psg as well.

Oh absolutely.. but quite often the underdog will overachieve.. like Roma did against Barcelona. PSG have an incredible amount of money and have the funds to pay for a player like Neymar (plus his salary). They can make him the face of the team, sell his jerseys and make him the first player on the team sheet when the starting 11 is announced. That's a HUGE pull for a player like Neymar.

 I think PSG feel as though they should be competing higher in the UCL than they are, and that's because of their domestic success. For what it's worth, I'm not hating on PSG, not at all. I just feel as though they have some way to go in terms of squad additions to be mentioned in the same discussion as potential Champions League challengers.

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