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PSG owners want to buy another European team and have held talks with Spurs

PSG owners want to buy another European team and have held talks with Spurs

Paris Saint Germain's owners are looking to purchase another team and have spoken with Spurs.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Paris Saint-Germain's owners want to buy another European club and have their eyes firmly on the Premier League.

Ben Jacobs of CBS is reporting that the club's top brass, Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), are "ramping up efforts" for another team to invest in.

They are in dialogue with a number of Premier League clubs, most notably Tottenham Hotspur. It's said Nasser Al-Khelaifi, chairman and CEO, held an "exploratory meeting" with Spurs chief Daniel Levy in London last week.

QSI having purchased PSG back in 2011 and have completely transformed their fortunes, lifting eight of the last ten Ligue One titles in an utterly dominant period in French football.

They've since acquired a 26 per cent stake in Portuguese side Braga and have been linked with both Roma and Espanyol in Italy and Spain respectively.

It's claimed QSI, who own beIN Media, are actively looking to step up their expansion with minority club investments. Europe is a priority region, while there is also strong interest to become involved with a South American club.

They appear to be following the model adopted by Manchester City's owners, the Abu Dhabi United Group. They've overseen monumental success with City since completing a takeover in 2008 but in recent years have created the City Football Group and expanded globally.

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

In July, they completed an £11.2 million takeover of Italian side Palermo, who became the 12th club to be under the CFG umbrella.

They also have Troyes (France), Girona (Spain), Melbourne City (Australia), Lommel (Belgium), Montevideo City Torque (Uruguay), New York City (United States), Mumbai City (India), Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan), Sichuan Jiuniu (China) and Club Bolivar (Bolivia).

However, issues can arise if two clubs who share owners compete in the same European competition as UEFA rules state that no two clubs or more participating may be directly or indirectly controlled by the same entity.

RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg are both able to participate as there is not deemed to be a "decisive influence" over more than one club.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, Qatar

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE. He has never sported a pair of Lonsdale Slip-ons, contrary to reports.

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