Paris Saint-Germain and their Qatar owners want to expand their multi-club project, and a historic Spanish club is one of the parties that stand in line for a takeover.
In recent weeks, Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), the group that owns a majority stake of PSG, have increased their investment in other sports or sports companies. They are involved in Formula 1 and the NBA, and now they have trained their eyes in Malaga, who are currently owned by the Spanish hotel and real estate group Bluebay, who have a 49% interest, and Qatari businessman Abdullah Al Thani.
According to Marca, QSI studies the possibility of becoming the majority shareholder of Malaga, who is currently playing in the Segunda Division. The problem with which they are confronted is that the Andalusian side is currently judicial administration, making it difficult for consortia to buy the club.
The QSI Fund has been studying the acquisition of Malaga for some time because they consider it a more than attractive project, and not only because the club is considered one of the most historical in Spanish football that has had a fall of grace in the past decade. They are attracted by club policy to bet on younger players, while the fact that Los Boquerones is the only team that plays in the city of Malaga, one of the most popular tourist places in Spain, is an even more attractive project.
It is still to be seen whether QSI ultimately makes a step to gain a majority stake in Malaga. Seeing the upward process that PSG has had since their takeover would certainly make supporters excited, although there will certainly be a nervousness given the previous major acquisition that the club had.
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