There’s no denying it — PSG are the team to beat right now. It’s not just the titles they’re stacking up in the 2024/25 season, but the sheer dominance with which they’re doing it.
Under Luis Enrique, the Parisian side has become a relentless force. A 5-0 thrashing of Inter in the Champions League final and a clinical 4-0 dismantling of Real Madrid in the Club World Cup semi-final speak volumes. This isn’t just a team that wins, they make statements.
And the stakes are about to get even bigger. With their first-ever Champions League trophy already in the bag, PSG also completed the first treble in French football history.
Now, they’re one win away from topping it all, lifting the Club World Cup — and the bookmakers at least are backing then to go on and complete a historic achievement for French football. Paddy Power currently has them at 1/4 to lift the trophy — that's an 80% implied chance of winning.
A shot at history for French club football
France’s national team has lifted two World Cups (1998, 2018) and come painfully close in 2006 and 2022, falling short only in penalty shootouts. It’s fair to say Les Bleus have been a global powerhouse for much of the past three decades.
Despite decades of domestic dominance and flashes of brilliance on the continental stage, French club football is still chasing one elusive prize — a world title. No Ligue 1 side has ever been crowned club world champion, and the French top flight has long played second fiddle to the heavyweight leagues of Europe and even South America.
Even more striking is the fact that no French club has ever featured in a Club World Cup or Intercontinental Cup final. Marseille, the first to conquer Europe back in 1993, was denied that chance after being banned due to a domestic match-fixing scandal. That year, São Paulo took on Milan—Europe’s runners-up—in Tokyo and edged out a 3-2 victory.
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Since then, French outfits like Saint-Étienne, Monaco (while technically a Monegasque club), Marseille again, and PSG have all stumbled at the final hurdle in Europe, missing out on a shot at global glory.
Now, PSG stand closer than ever to rewriting history. If they fall short against Chelsea in Sunday’s final at MetLife Stadium, they’ll still have another crack at immortality later this year in the 2025 Intercontinental Cup, facing another continental champion. But the momentum, and the odds, are in their favor right now.
Paddy Power has the Parisians heavily backed at 1/4 to lift the Club World Cup trophy, compared to Chelsea’s 9/4.
The Blues may have tasted global triumph in 2022, but this time, it’s PSG who have destiny on their side.
| Result in 90 minutes | Odds |
| PSG victory | 4/7 |
| Draw | 10/3 |
| Chelsea victory | 4/1 |