In recent years, and more particularly since the arrival of QSI, Paris Saint-Germain has been very active on the transfer market in order to build the biggest team possible to rise to the level of the top European clubs.
Since the creation of the club in 1970, PSG has marked the spirits on several occasions by achieving resounding blows during the various transfer windows. Transfers that have changed the history of the capital club and the French championship. Flashback to the 10 most significant transfers in the history of PSG.
In the summer of 2013, the Parisian board made the biggest investment during this period since the club was born. Courted by the biggest clubs in the world, Neapolitan Edinson Cavani signs in the city of light for a sum of around €64m. A perfect idyll between the club and the Uruguayan. Edinson Cavani is at this moment the top scorer in the history of the red and blue with a total of 200 achievements.
The return to the fold! Qualified for the 2000-2001 edition of the Champions League, the Parisian management wants to strike a blow. On July 22, 2000, Nicolas Anelka made his grand return to Paris Saint-Germain from Real Madrid. It was the most expensive transfer in the club’s history at the time. The people of Ile-de-France paid the sum of €34m to secure the services of the European champion (with France at the Euro and with Real Madrid in the Champions League).
On July 8, 2021, Paris Saint-Germain surprised the whole of Europe by signing legendary Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos. Free of any contract, the former captain of the Casa Blanca joined the ranks of the French club for two seasons with the aim of bringing all his experience to the Parisian workforce.
In seventh position is Thiago Silva. By the time the Brazilian lands in the French capital, he is arguably the biggest move the French club have made. Considered the best defender in the world at this time, he was bought for €42m by PSG.
The month of January of the year 2013, the supporters of Paris Saint-Germain will not forget it. Just before the closing of the winter transfer window, Leonardo and its president Nasser Al-Khelaifi summon the journalists for a press conference where they announce the arrival of the English superstar David Beckham until the end of the current financial year. The arrival of the Englishman tipped the capital club into another dimension.
The first big transfer of the QSI era! On August 6, 2011, Paris Saint-Germain formalized the arrival of Argentinian Javier Pastore for a sum of €42 million. The playmaker arrives in the capital with the label of the most expensive player in the history of PSG and the French championship. An arrival which launches the new project of the club of the capital.
Some will wonder why his arrival is not among the top 3 of the most resounding transfers in the history of PSG. But it is true that he could have been there. Loaned with a compulsory purchase option estimated at €180m by AS Monaco, his transfer has long been the talk of the various players in football. Courted by the whole planet, it is finally the PSG which has the favors of Kylian Mbappé to the chagrin of the big cars in Europe in the summer of 2017.
We can also add that his recent contract extension last summer with the Ile-de-France club got the whole of Europe talking. Close to joining Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé finally decided to stay at home in Paris to continue to grow the club. Kylian, it’s Paris!
THE first superstar of the QSI project. A thunderclap throughout Europe. Flagship player of AC Milan where he is preparing to recover the number 10 from Clarence Seedorf, Zlatan Ibrahimovic finally decides to try the adventure in France to everyone’s surprise. The Swede has changed the face of the Parisian club by making it more professional but above all more competitive.
Long considered the most resonant transfer in the history of PSG, Neymar has now fallen to second place. His transfer in the summer of 2017 surprised many and remains to this day the most expensive in the history of PSG and football.
The French club spent the sum of 222 million euros (release clause) to steal the Brazilian from FC Barcelona. A massive blow for the Catalan club which did not expect to see its jewel leave the club. Neymar is the symbol of a new era at PSG after Ibrahimovic’s departure in 2016.
In the first place and without surprise, we find the transfer of Leo Messi. One of the most resounding transfers in the world of football. No one expected Messi to leave FC Barcelona and join Paris Saint-Germain.
Child of Barça, the Argentinian had to leave his training club to join the French capital because the Blaugrana leaders did not have the necessary funds to validate the contract of number 10. Result, the Red and blue jump at the chance and sign one of if not the best player in history.
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