PSG’s Desire Doue runs with the ball during the French League 1 soccer match between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthieu ...

Football is not demarcated by black and white any more; not since colour television sent broadcast rights spiralling and the Champions League ball was stitched from a shade named “solar slime”.

For more than a decade, Paris Saint-Germain’s Qatari owners have spent lavishly to attract big stars. Their goal was to make the club profitable, to erase the amateurish image of a side often… ...

But for all of PSG’s dominance of the French league — winning it in 10 of the last 12 seasons — it has reached just one Champions League final since being bought by Qatar Sports Investments.