Mario Balotelli takes a huge dig at Ligue 1 leaders PSG

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Mario Balotelli has told Paris Saint-Germain their lavish spending can’t buy them a team and they deserved to be eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid. NaijaBet.com

The 27-year-old marksman, who is presently enjoying a second campaign with Ligue 1 outfit Nice, was speaking ahead of their meeting with the league leaders – a match PSG ultimately ran out 1-2 winners.

Following their European exit many were critical of the Parisians project, who have been bankrolled by Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) since their acquisition in 2011, with Balotelli the latest to offer his two cents. NaijaBet.com

“Paris are like Guingamp, they’re a Ligue 1 team,” he told Telefoot.

“I don’t care if it’s PSG. It doesn’t make any difference.

“This season I have never watched PSG, only the last game against Real Madrid. They deserved to lose.

“Money allows you to buy big players, but not a team.”

PSG under QSi

Since their Qatari takeover PSG have entered a period of dominance in French football having won four of the last six Ligue 1 championships with only Montpellier (2011/12) and Monaco (2016/17) denying them a clean sweep.

They have also heavily invested in the team having spent over £800m on transfers which includes making Neymar the world’s most expensive footballer after they activated his £198 million buyout clause in his Barcelona contract last summer.

Despite amassing a number of domestic titles – which includes three Coupe de France crowns and four Coupe de la Ligue trophies – it’s becoming European champions the club’s owners crave. NaijaBet

Their best performance remains reaching the quarter-finals stage which they’ve managed in four of the previous six seasons.