![]() Having commenced the season as favourites to make the final from the Eastern Conference, the Durant-Harden-Irving triple act failed to take the Nets to the promised land due to an injury-riddled year. Unfortunately for the Nets, injuries derailed what was a strong start to the season. All of Harden, Durant and Irving were brought in for a singular reason: to win the Nets their first ever NBA Championship, a feat that has alluded the franchise since 1976 when they joined the NBA as the New York Nets. The message was clear – championship or bust. They boasted a ‘big three’ of James Harden, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, all household names in the NBA, and all superb talents. The most recent ‘super team’ to grace the league was the Brooklyn Nets in the 2020/21 season. It is most notably found in the NBA, where a ‘super team’ is generally characterised by multiple Hall of Fame players on the same team. Modern day ‘super teams’ have been around in America’s major sports leagues for quite some time. To compare the Cosmos to PSG is certainly a far stretch though – PSG have a much greater goal with much harder opposition in their way. Their movement would ultimately led to the formation of the MLS just prior to the turn of the century. They did, however, bring their class to the North American Soccer League, showing their dominance with multiple titles and sparking a more widespread love of football across America nationally. The Cosmos had the huge names of Pele, Giorgio Chinaglia and Franz Beckenbauer, albeit when they were old and well past their primes. There are even early remnants of a formation of a successful ‘super team’ in football in the 1970s. The ‘super team’ is a strange concept, one that seems like pure fantasy, yet it has proved successful in both the NBA and NFL thus far. Has it worked? So far, PSG has just one Champions League final appearance to their name, though they do have seven Ligue 1 titles in the past 10 years. There is a certain culture of buying players at the peak of their career to spark instant success. Whenever a player like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo is rumoured to be leaving their club, you can bet that PSG will be one of the rumoured destinations simply because they are one of the only clubs in the world that could even afford them, and, now, that notion appears to be a possibility.Įven if they do end up signing Messi, they have already signed some of the most world class talents in football over the past ten years. One of the richest clubs in the world currently, PSG boasts the financial muscle and determination to buy any player they like. But it is important, nevertheless, and PSG are aware of that. ![]() Money talks in the footballing world, perhaps a bit too much if you look at the horror that was the European Super League. Since the investment, PSG’s identity has been revolutionised, in a bid to build a winning culture for a club that has prospects to sit atop world football. Our understanding of PSG stems primarily from 2011 to today – most football fans would have little recollection of PSG prior to the QSI investment. Ten years ago, they were a struggling club who often flirted with relegation from France’s top division until they were purchased by Qatar Sports Investment (QSI), which reversed their fortunes greatly.įast forward ten years and the crowds of the Parc des Princes have seen the likes of Thiago Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimović, David Beckham, among other footballing legends suit up for PSG. Nasser Al-Khelaifi’s club has never won the Champions League. And to win it all now., especially if they end up signing Messi. However, the expectation of a ‘super team’ is to win it all. Sure, PSG is a high-achieving team, which is just one year removed from a Champions League final and finished second in Ligue 1 in the 2020/21 season by one point. While Les Parisiens have managed the former, the latter has alluded them so far. Indeed, PSG look like one of those teams you make on FIFA Ultimate Team, where you just buy all the highest rated players and create a winning machine. ![]()
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