"Today the investment that we did is long-term and I am sure in two years, three years maximum, everyone will say ‘look at Paris Saint-Germain, they did a fantastic job'."
Those were the words of Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi to The Telegraph after the world record signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar from Barcelona.
The €222 million spent by PSG to sign Neymar in 2017 is still the biggest transfer fee ever paid by a club and, at the time, more than doubled the most spent on a footballer.
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It was a decision that came about because PSG's owners, Qatar Sports Investment (QSI), needed to make a statement at the end of the 2016-17 season.