PIF x QSI: How much Newcastle and PSG's owners are collectively worth
One of Jurgen Klopp's defining - and divisive - characteristics is a blunt appraisal of footballing economics. Back in October 2022, Liverpool's manager declared: "There are three clubs in world football who can do what they want financially." Klopp was unambiguously referring to Manchester City, Newcastle United and Paris Saint-Germain, a trio of sporting entities transformed by state-funded ownership from the Middle East. Ironically, in the same season that Klopp and Liverpool dropped into the Europa League, two of this theoretically untouchable trio were drawn against one another in the 2023/24 Champions League group stage. But just how financially powerful are Newcastle and PSG? Here's everything you need to know about a duo that - according to Klopp - have "no ceiling" (even if they can afford one). Who owns Newcastle and PSG? Yasir Al-Rumayyan has been Newcastle United's chairman since Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) took over t...