Champions League: Jose Mourinho praises Paris Saint-Germain

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has paid tribute to Paris Saint-Germain ahead of tonight’s Champions League quarter-final first leg in France.

With Chelsea now firmly established as one of Europe’s elite, PSG are less than three years into an ambitious project led by their mega-rich Qatari owners, something which reminds Mourinho of what he first walked into at Stamford Bridge.

“You can find similarities. When Mr Abramovich bought the club he was ready and keen and the football rules were open to that, so the investment was important,” said Mourinho.

“Ours was probably the most important investment in that period and as a consequence of that Chelsea built year after year some of the best teams in European football.

“Paris is doing the same, some people don’t understand very well how it will look with Financial Fair Play, but the reality is that in the last two years the investment was massive, that the choice of players was fantastic.

“Leonardo (former sporting director) started here a fantastic period of spending money but buying the right players. At this moment, the team is full of really good players, the passion in the city is also good and the Parc des Princes is a beautiful place to play.

“Now they are dominant in France the same way Chelsea was chasing season after season the Champions League, reaching semi-finals and finals. They are doing the same and they want to win.”