Winning Ligue 1 (which had become a common thing), losing in the domestic Super Cup, reaching the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League (and the French Cup)… That was PSG’s last season achievement. All the usual things. Because the French giant led by the state of Qatar is used to winning the league, the Cup and all the domestic titles, but the Champions League remains a Holy Grail. And because of that throphy, PSG lost and 369,000,000 euros last season, and stil didn’t win it!Report out this morning from @Football_BM confirms Paris Saint-Germain’s wage bill in 2021/22, after the signings of Messi, Hakimi, Ramos and more, was €728m, the highest wage bill EVER recorded by a football club pic.twitter.com/v2X57ivbVr— Chris (@christoph_21) January 10, 2023 According to Football Benchmark, who published an annual report on the champions of the eight largest European leagues, the Parisians ended the 2021-2022 season with a loss of 369,000,000 euros, mainly due to the salaries of Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, Achraf Hakimi etc. Their quest for making a team worth winning the Champions League has led them to the new heights and 728 million euros wage bill, a fantastic 45% increase from the previous season. And that, of course, is the highest figure ever reported in the world of football. But that’s not all.Bad news for the Barca fanbase: Messi extends his stay at PSG!There will hardly be any doubt as who will top the list next year, when the new report comes out. It will be PSG again surely, mainly due to the fact that all these figures DIDN’T include the gigantic Kylian Mbappe contract extension, which happened in May 2022 and wasn’t included in this year’s report. According to the reports, the French striker will receive around 620 million euros over the next three years, and that sum will only add to the already overhyped wage bill. And the Financial Fair Play? Who cares. UEFA has already showed that they are lenient with PSG. The Parisians were fined only 63 millions (10 had to be paid immediately). With these figures, the French club surpassed the previous number 1 club – Barcelona, who reported 541 million euros during the last season with Lionel Messi in the club. Al Khelaifi: We will buy Parc des Princes or we will leave; Qatar has changedAs for the revenues, many clubs were finally in the plus, some of them for the first time since the COVID pandemic, but there are few of them who remained in plus even during those dark times – Real Madrid and Bayern. According to Football Benchmark, all champions surveyed (except from Porto), have managed to increase their operating revenues compared to the previous year’s. Moreover, six clubs managed to improve their staff-costs-to-revenue ratio: Manchester City FC, FC Porto, FC Bayern München, and Real Madrid CF. In fact, the Citizens lead all clubs globally in total operating revenue generated for the second year running (731 million euros), just above Champions League winners Real Madrid CF (714m). The largest year-on-year percentage improvement in operating revenue was seen by AFC Ajax (+51%), mostly thanks to reaching the Round of 16 of the UCL.##NAJAVA_MECA_6938350##
