{"id":200209,"date":"2025-06-20T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/200209\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:39:10","slug":"paris-saint-germain-show-liverpool-and-adidas-the-way-to-unlock-huge-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/200209\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain show Liverpool and Adidas the way to unlock huge fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Champions League winners PSG have been enjoying a major boost in sales and interest post success<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3_GettyImages-1503896720.jpg\" alt=\"PSG chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaifi \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>PSG chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaifi (Image: 2023 Christian Liewig &#8211; Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Having spent a season in the Europa League in 2023\/24, Liverpool returned to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-champions-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> action last season. Even with a last-16 exit, the Reds still banked some \u00a390m from the competition when factoring in all prize money and additional matchday revenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">For that reason, Liverpool will likely see a return to profitability for the 2024\/25 financial year, a period which came to an end for the club on May 31, with the Reds expected to push past the \u00a3700m mark in total revenue, seeing key revenue pillars such as matchday income, commercial and broadcast rights all see healthy rises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Champions League has long been a vital part of the business for a \u2018big six\u2019 <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> club, with the revenues on offer being transformational when it comes to what can be done in the transfer market and on increasing payroll.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/joe-gomez-drops-liverpool-future-31897083\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Gomez drops Liverpool future hint as Jarell Quansah closes in on \u00a335m exit<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/arne-slot-blown-away-liverpool-31896990\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot blown away by Liverpool player who has &#8216;met all expectations&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;not seen by many&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Winning the competition, when all revenue streams are considered, can bring in north of \u00a3120m. But there is also an unseen boost that such success brings, as is currently being enjoyed by last season\u2019s winners, and Liverpool\u2019s conquerors in the last 16, Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">PSG finally got their hands on European club football\u2019s highest honour with a 5-0 rout of Internazionale in the final last month. This week they kicked off their campaign in the FIFA Club World Cup, another competition that now yields huge revenues, with participation bringing some \u00a350m to some clubs, and winning it outright worth up to \u00a3100m. It\u2019s a worthwhile endeavour for clubs financially, even if the additional player workload may be questionable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But the Champions League win, and subsequent appearance at the Club World Cup, has already been shown to be impactful for PSG, a club that has been focused on building a brand as well as a football team. Take a stroll down New York\u2019s Fifth Avenue and the presence of a standalone PSG store on the world\u2019s most famous shopping street should tell you all you need to know about the Parisien\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Last week saw PSG launch their new kit with partner Nike, the US sporting giant who will part company with Liverpool after pre-season, with the Reds making the switch to Adidas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">According to sports apparel platform Fanatics, PSG have improved on their previous best selling shirt sales of 2021\/22, when the trio of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar Jnr and Lionel Messi all played for the club, by 37%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The surge was driven by more than 80 different \u2018Champions League Winners\u2019 products that customers could purchase within just 45 seconds of the final whistle on May 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The success has also seen PSG enjoy a surge in demand for merchandise across the United States, where the Club World Cup is currently taking place, following their opening game at the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fanatics confirmed to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/fcbusiness.co.uk\/news\/psgs-us-sales-surge-following-club-world-cup-opener\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"FCBusinessLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">FCBusiness<\/a> that on the day of their opening game against Atletico Madrid at the weekend, US revenue on the online PSG store spiked 744% compared to the previous seven days sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe demand we\u2019ve seen for PSG products since their Champions League victory has been unprecedented,\u201d said, Stephen Dowling, President, International at Fanatics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe club has effectively transformed its sporting success into a global commercial and cultural phenomenon, driven in part by the rapid launch of exclusive merchandise and the strength of its brand worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">For Liverpool, the PSG success in terms of leveraging success immediately should be instructive, especially given that the club are targeting Champions League glory next season through heavy first-team investment, and that they have a new kit partner in Adidas, a partnership that the club are excited about developing. The Reds also now have the most standalone stores of any sports team in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Liverpool\u2019s merchandising aim is to be a version of PSG, where there is a strong brand identity that has crossover and can transcend from just ardent Reds fans to just football fans, or fans of fashion and the three stripes brand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Making the most of opportunities, such as a Premier League title win, is a key part of the marketing strategy for clubs, and with the value, size and scope of the Adidas deal, not to mention the major distribution channels the German brand has, following the PSG path to making a mark with merchandise on the back of major success will be important. It\u2019s already part of the Reds&#8217; plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Champions League winners PSG have been enjoying a major boost in sales and interest post successPSG chairman, Nasser&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[13825,94,763,31693,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-200209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-adidas","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-liverpool-fc","11":"tag-nike","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114716446842848629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}