Nasser Al-Khelaifi addresses PSG's Champions League challenge and team's present

After a paddle tennis match in Doha, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the president of Paris Saint-Germain, granted an interview to RMC Sport, discussing the club's recent history

Al-Khelaifi fully trusts the project that Luis Enrique is shaping for PSG's future. / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/GettyImages
Al-Khelaifi fully trusts the project that Luis Enrique is shaping for PSG's future. / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/GettyImages | GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/GettyImages

Regarding the UEFA Champions League, Nasser seems to be somewhat evasive, as, while every Parisian fan's dream is to conquer the ultimate European competition, PSG has come too close to achieving it, and the construction of super teams has shown not to be a positive path to reach that goal.

For RMC Sport, Nasser provided an interview where he talked about PSG's project and the UEFA Champions League itself: “The Champions League is a long story. Maybe we'll talk about it in the future. At the beginning of the season, we said we wanted to build a team for the future. A team that can play together for another six or eight years.” The PSG president trusts that the path to European glory will be consolidated through a new cycle of youth at the club.

"We are the youngest team among the top ten European clubs"

“We have the youngest team in the quarter-finals. We are the youngest team among the top ten European clubs. We are proud of it and it's fantastic that we continue this strategy with young players, also French, to achieve the maximum. Everyone saw the last game.”

The news that PSG is back in the quarter-finals of the UCL after two years of falling in the round of 16, confirms how the project seems to be bearing its first fruits with young players as protagonists in the Parisian present.

The work the club is doing is tremendous for Nasser, where the demand goes no further than working for the club and giving the greatest effort possible, so Al-Khelaifi is hopeful of seeing this new project triumph very soon. “There are eight best teams in the quarter-finals. What I ask is that we all work hard every day, in training and every game, and give it our all. That's it. There are no big expectations, we are very eager to think about the future.”