US EditionPSG and Qatar finally reach Champions League summit
- Paris Saint-Germain won the 2025 UEFA Champions League final on May 31 at Munich's Allianz Arena by defeating Inter Milan 5-0.
- Qatar Sports Investments acquired PSG in 2011 aiming to win the Champions League, a goal reached after 14 years and several setbacks including major player departures.
- Nasser Al-Khelaifi, PSG president and head of QSI, has expanded his influence as a football executive while overseeing the club’s transformation into a global brand despite controversies over ownership and financial fair play.
- French teenager Désiré Doué scored twice in the final after a €50 million transfer from Rennes, highlighting a youth-driven strategy Al-Khelaifi called 'the project' leading to PSG’s sustainable future.
- PSG’s emphatic victory cements Qatar’s first major European football title and may solidify the club’s stature despite ongoing debates about state-backed ownership and human rights concerns.
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The lesson from the Champions League title for Paris: Qatar had to adapt to football and the rules of this European popular sport.
After the success of Paris in the final of the European competition, on Saturday 31 May, the Emirat achieved the clear goal since its acquisition of the club in 2011. The result of a soft power strategy at the service of the "sportswashing".
Before taking the direction of the Elysée Palace, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi entrusted his emotion to see the PSG finally win the Champions League. (Sports).
Paris Saint-Germain plays the triumph with youthful freshness and unexpected dominance. The club and its owner Qatar have changed the football city of Paris – but not only for the good.
For Nasser Al-Khelaifi, PSG's versatile and 'untouchable' president, triumph marks a crowning achievement
At the helm of the Parisian club since its acquisition by his country's sovereign wealth fund 14 years ago, the Qatari has become one of the most influential figures in global football.
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