PSG to head to Qatar for winter training

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Bengaluru/Doha, November 28: Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain will head to Qatar for training during the winter break.

Unai Emery's men rocketed nine points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 table following a 2-1 win against champions Monaco on Sunday (November 26).

This is the fifth time that the Qatar-owned club is heading to Doha for the winter camp.

But it is for the first time since they are going to Middle East after completing the most stunning transfer in football history when they acquired Neymar from Barcelona in a world-record €222million move during the summer transfer window.

As per the schedule announced on their website, PSG will head to Doha after the Ligue 1 tie at their home ground of Parc des Princess against Caen on December 20.

The club which has wealthy Qatari businessman Nasser Al Khelaifi as its president will be based at the Aspire Academy in Doha till December 23.

The winter break in France is a short one and lasts only for two weeks till the first week of January. The top-flight clubs then swing back to action with the French Cup.

Just like Ligue 1, PSG also have had a good run in UEFA Champions League, with the team having already made it to the knockout stage unbeaten, scoring 24 goals and conceding just one, and finally looking like a team ready to threaten for a place in the final.

Last year they had lost to Barcelona in the round of 16 despite having taken a handy 4-0 lead in the opening leg. The return leg at Camp Nou ended in a painful 1-6 defeat and in a true irony of sorts, the architect of that Barcelona win -- Neymar -- is in the PSG camp!