Having ended their duck, the Paris Saint-Germain blueprint will be admired the continent over, but just how close are Premier League sides to achieving success via a similar route?
Liverpool lost to PSG on penalties in the Champions League (Photo: Getty)
Only seventh on this list because it is difficult to tell current Premier League champions to do anything differently.
The arrival of Florian Wirtz, 22, for a club-record fee would bolster their hopes of a title defence, and having succumbed to PSG on penalties, Liverpool at their best are not as far away as the others.
6. Aston Villa
Morgan Rogers scored at PSG (Photo: Getty)Now the biggest English side with the longest wait for a trophy? Arsenal’s five years has nothing on Aston Villa’s 29, which will become 30 whether they like it or not.
Gianluigi Donnarumma denied Villa time and again, and now the Midlands club backed by billionaires Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens have a tricky summer to navigate without the Champions League. In Morgan Rogers they have a player to build around, but they will have to act smart and navigate profitability and sustainability rules (PSR).
Sorry Mikel Arteta, but Arsenal were outplayed by PSG (Photo: Getty)
They do though have strong foundations: a quality goalkeeper, a revered centre-back partnership, Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly breaking through, and of course Bukayo Saka.
4. Newcastle United
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With Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) behind them, Newcastle clearly have the financial might and now the Champions League to attract players as well.
The slow and steady approach they’ve been forced them into could play into Newcastle’s hands, eventually. It stopped them from paying a ridiculous amount on a marquee player after PIF took over in October 2021, and though now on the brink of spending big, they will happily walk away from deals if they feel they are being hustled – as was the case with Marc Guehi last summer.
At an average age just shy of 24, this young team will hope the Conference League is a platform for far greater silverware as they reach their prime, while they certainly have one of the country’s most impressive academies.
2. Manchester United
Now hear me out. The rebuild of all rebuilds looks to be taking place this summer, with The i Paper reporting United could collect £250m if they sell Bruno Fernandes and four more players.
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Add to that 17-year-old Chido Obi and 18-year-old Ayden Heaven, the pair poached from Arsenal who came off the bench to score against Hong Kong on Friday, and what is left for United is identifying players in their early 20s with the potential to lead this side forward and change the club’s trajectory and temperament. Big ask, but the money is there if the scouting can back it up.
1. Manchester City
And what better time to change tact than now? Kevin De Bruyne leaving heralds a new era for City, and they boast an academy – its facilities included – the envy of the Premier League over.
Phil Foden stayed but Manchester-born Cole Palmer, Liam Delap and Morgan Rogers are among the players who moved on. Their departures were only questioned in hindsight, but City will surely scrutinise any future sales carefully.
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