Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery is certain his side can improve of Real Madrid as he looked forward to one month from now's heavyweight Champions League standoff.

What's more, Emery expelled proposals that annihilation to the authoritative champions would constitute a disappointment for a club that put immense entireties in Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Dani Alves in the expectation of winning the Champions League.

"It is a shot for us to demonstrate that we are at an indistinguishable level from them, that we can beat the best groups," the Spaniard said as his group gets ready to come back to activity following the French winter break.


Their January timetable will be made up by local move, yet a nine-point lead over Monaco and Lyon at the highest point of Ligue 1 implies they will maybe as of now be pondering the primary leg of their last-16 tie in Madrid on February 14.

"I generally think positive," said Emery. "We will get ready well to come into the tie solid and contend with Real. I figure we can win."

PSG are driven by the memory of what occurred at a similar phase of the opposition last season, when they lost 6-1 away to Barcelona to go out having won 4-0 at home in the main leg in the French capital.

"We can take in a considerable measure of things from that tie," Emery said. "I think after that tie, and after the additional progression PSG have taken, we will see groups, UEFA, refs have more regard for us, and I think we are presently better arranged."

The degree of PSG's spending under their Qatari proprietors has not made themselves famous with Europe's customary first class.

A joined cost of around 400 million euros ($483 million) on Neymar and Mbappe alone - the two most costly move bargains ever - have prompted inquiries concerning how PSG can agree to UEFA's monetary reasonable play rules.

In any case, Emery, the previous Sevilla mentor, stated: "When I was in Spain, there were two clubs with colossal monetary power, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Real purchased the best players on the planet, (Luis) Figo, (Zinedine) Zidane, Ronaldo.

"In Spain, no one at any point discussed where the cash they spent was originating from. Furthermore, for Spanish football it was great.

"I am at PSG, in Paris which is a standout amongst the most went to urban areas on the planet, with awesome culture.

"At the point when the likelihood emerged for a monetary power like that of Qatar to come in, and to have a portion of the best players on the planet... I think the entire of France, French clubs are glad.

"It is typical that different groups are stating 'goodness' on the grounds that there is currently more noteworthy rivalry.

"Outside the club there is a considerable measure of discuss money related reasonable play. Here, the club is on the correct street, inside the tenets of budgetary reasonable play."

By and by, it appears to be sure that PSG will trim their wage charge amid the current month's move window so as to adjust the books. Any semblance of Lucas Moura, Javier Pastore and previous Newcastle striker Hatem Ben Arfa look prone to proceed onward.

However Emery demanded that Argentina midfielder Pastore had not requested a move in the midst of talk that he could come back to Italy.

He included: "Certain players who play less can possibly be heroes in another group since they are great players and they don't have the opportunity to play here, similar to Lucas Moura or Hatem Ben Arfa."

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