How Manchester City, Barcelona, PSG & Bayern Munich won the title in dominant fashion

Paris Saint-Germain - Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain v RSC Anderlecht - UEFA Champions League

PSG were never going to take likely losing the 2017 Ligue 1 trophy to AS Monaco. To ensure that this would not happen again the Parisians spent big. Neymar was brought in from Barcelona (the biggest transfer in world football) and Monaco's wonderkid Kylian Mbappe was also persuaded to join.

With renewed confidence and vigor, PSG dominated the Ligue 1 competition. Currently, they stand top of the league with 17 points ahead of Monaco and only two losses for the entire season.

Their strikers, Edinson Cavani and Neymar, also dominate the goalscoring table, in first and second place, with their goals accounting for 42% of all the goals scored by the team in the league.

The team's stats showcase a team clearly dominating the competition with their average possession sitting at 62.8% and their pass accuracy at a whopping 89.6%. The Parisians have made good use of their attacking players, averaging 3 goals per game.

An important factor in the success was the fact that PSG managed to retain their most important players and have brought improvements to their squad, in a bid to challenge for the Champions League trophy. On the other hand, previous champions AS Monaco lost a lot of high-quality players such as Mendy, Silva, Bakayoko, Mbappe. It accounted for Monaco's four defeats to PSG this season.

Success in Ligue 1 was bound to follow. With so much talent at their disposal and the willingness to spend plenty of money on huge transfers, PSG has every right to celebrate and demand more of themselves. The Champions League trophy remains, of course, the big, and thus far elusive, dream.