PSG's Qatari owner adds to squad with swoop on Belgian side

The Qatari proprietor of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has further underlined the voracious appetite of Gulf investors for European shot clubs by agreeing a woody to bargain a squad successful Belgium's Challenger Pro League.

Sky News understands that Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) has signed a memorandum of knowing to instrumentality afloat power of KAS Eupen, which is presently seventh successful the league table.

The woody is expected to beryllium publically announced aboriginal connected Tuesday.

Sources adjacent to the takeover said it marked a further measurement towards QSI's extremity of gathering a multi-club ownership exemplary which has go progressively communal crossed the planetary shot manufacture successful caller years.

QSI is expected to determination swiftly to fortify Eupen's sporting exemplary and grow its commercialized operations arsenic good arsenic sharpening the club's absorption connected younker improvement and upgrading infrastructure.

One insider said the determination would align with QSI's semipermanent strategy of "developing sports assets and gathering connected high-performance ecosystems crossed its portfolio".

The Qataris are expected to instrumentality implicit Eupen's sporting operations immediately, they added.

As the proprietor of PSG, QSI is already 1 of the astir almighty investors successful the sport, with Gulf rivals Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia the owners of Manchester City and Newcastle United respectively.

QSI besides owns a important number involvement successful Sporting Club de Braga successful Portugal, arsenic good arsenic interests extracurricular shot specified arsenic Art Basel and Premier Padel.

Until the woody with QSI, KAS Eupen was owned by Aspire, different Qatari entity unrelated to the caller owner.

In a connection issued to Sky News, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of Qatar Sports Investments, said: "Qatar Sports Investments is arrogant to go the custodian of KAS Eupen and lend to the improvement of shot successful Belgium.

"With QSI's planetary expertise and passionateness for football, our nonsubjective is to physique a modern, competitory shot and concern operation - bringing pridefulness to KAS Eupen supporters and gathering connected the Club's large bequest to date. We warmly invited into our household a fantastic nine and community."