Are you joking again? FCB is a richer club so what is there to be jealous about? Of being a toy in the hands of rich Qatari Bedouins? Of only becoming relevant due to Qatari oil and gas money? Of being ridiculed/disliked in all of Europe for that alongside Man City and similar nouveau riche clubs?
The envy is real.
Of being sanctioned by UEFA due to violating the FFP rules?
Isn't Barca under a transfer ban?
Your list is useless. What is so hard for you to grasp? PSG is nowhere near being one of the most supported teams in Europe. Paris or not.
On the contrary, the list has plenty of use. It emphatically contradicts your statement of:
By that logic the best clubs would be based in the most populous cities of Europe (Moscow, Istanbul, London and Paris) but they are not.
Let's move along now.
Do you expect me to read a whole report? You were quoting La Masia which was totally irrelevant.
Not at all. Which is why I linked a graph reflecting the data, but I guess clicking on it proved too difficult for you. The report itself featured the same graphs, so I assume scrolling down a bit most have been equally as trying.
Yet funnily enough you were unable to mention even 3-4 homegrown talents of any worth.
Adrien Rabiot, Alphonse Arreola, Jean Kevin Augustin.
Stronger in terms of what? Capable in terms of what? Of only being able to reach the CL quarterfinals in the span of 4 seasons?
Stronger in terms of quality of their current squad. More capable in terms of producing talent, activity and success on the transfer market, winning league titles.
Juventus, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, AC Milan, Inter, Dortmund, Chelsea, Ajax, Marseille etc. (countless of other clubs) are all bigger clubs historically and more decorated clubs just to mention a few besides those you listed yourself.
If you want to continue discussing "historical success and decorations" you should find a new thread to do it in and a new person to do it with. Everyone else has agreed we're discussing current success, being it's most appropriate to the context of the discussion, continuing to stray away to talk about irrelevancies does nothing but take away from the discussion. It's borderline trolling.
In any case, quite ironic that you continually insult PSG for only reaching the quarter finals three times in three seasons, citing that fact as being one of the reason they can't be considered a top club when many of the clubs you've cited above haven't reached the quarters at all: Liverpool, Arsenal, AC Milan, Inter, Ajax, and Marseille. And if they have, they've recently struggled: Man U, Dortmund.
In terms of actual performances in Europe in the past 4 years then Chelsea, Dortmund, Juventus and Atlético Madrid.
I notice how you've stretched the frame of reference to 4 seasons when it originally was three, after Paris was purchased by the Qatari's, but whatever.
Paris dispatched Chelsea this season. Outplayed them through both legs, even down to 10 men.
Dortmund not only excited the UCL earlier than Paris this season but are below .500 in their own league. They're looking at failing to qualify for either the CL or the Europa.
Juventus - Comparable. Don't believe their roster is as talented nor are they aren't as strong financially - Meaning they have to sell their Pogba whereas Paris gets to hold onto their Veratti. Monaco certainly played Juventus better than they've played Paris, looking relatively equal all things considered, only losing due to a questionable penalty call. But, Juventus is fair.
Atletico may have been awesome last season, but they aren't the same side. Pretty much all I said of Juventus applies to this Atletico as well. Their roster isn't as strong, they aren't as prepared for the future, and they aren't as competitive on the transfer market. But, fair though.
So, at best that's 7 clubs that are superior to PSG continentally by your own admission, a few of which are more than arguable, yet Paris isn't one of the largest clubs in Europe?
PSG is placed 11 on the UEFA coefficient list ranking of teams since the 2010-2011 season.
http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/trank2015.html
I know. What's hilarious is you've been harping on UEFA coefficients, about that being the end all be all, and then went onto name a bunch of clubs that are supposedly superior to Paris that fall under them in the UEFA club coefficients.
