The end of the year is approaching, a good moment not only to analyze what 2022 has been but also to start thinking about 2023. After a great start to the season, without counting any defeats, PSG put black in white on his list of goals: the first, and most important, to win the Champions League. The second, to tie the renewal of Messi as soon as possible, who will return euphoric after winning the World Cup.
Win the Champions League or face another crisis
Europe is the sword of Damocles for a PSG who are once again playing all on that card. Bad strategic plan for the club, which used to go for the Champions League with more anxiety than ambition. It’s been a long time since the path didn’t matter if you didn’t reach the finish line, and that adds a lot of pressure to a dressing room that already knows the bitterest part of this competition. Expect Bayern at the end of February, the first heads or tails.
The continuation of Messi
The Messi renewal is another of the most important folders that PSG has on the table. Everything has been agreed, pending the signing, which will take place at the club’s offices at the beginning of January. It remains to be seen if the contract extension is for one year or if an option for an additional one is included, until 2025, but the important thing is to guarantee the continuation of the world champion, an icon and a brand that further improving PSG .
clean up the accounts
Despite its expansion, one of the challenges Al Khelaifi has for 2023 is to clean up its accounts after registering losses worth 370 million euros last season. Alarming figure that did not escape the financial control of UEFA, which imposed a fine of 10 million euros for violating the regulations of fair play. In the end there were already three files opened against PSG for the same reasons.
The new sports city
Another of the projects held by the club is the construction of its new sports city, in the town of Poissy, about 30km from Paris. The first team is expected to move from the summer of 2023. In total there will be 17 pitches, five of which will have a synthetic surface, and the three for the first team will have the same heating system as Parc des Princes. The investment is approximately 300 million euros.
For the first Women’s Champions League
The women’s first team will remain at the Camp des Loges facilities from next season. Like Christophe Galtier, Gérard Prêcheur will also be asked to compete for the Champions League. Despite many coexistence problems in the dressing room, sometimes with a suffocating atmosphere after the attack on Hamraoui last year, the challenge is to break Lyon’s hegemonic streak and make another step in Europe.
Source: La Verdad
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