PARIS :When academy forward Senny Mayulu scored the final goal in Paris St Germain’s Champions League final victory over Inter Milan, it felt like more than completing the rout of the Italian side.

For the French club, it symbolised a strategic turn. After more than a decade of headline-grabbing signings, PSG are banking on their new 350 million ($403 million) training campus to build future squads largely from within.

The facility on the outskirts of Paris brings together PSG’s men’s, women’s and youth teams under one structure, a move designed to reflect the club’s shift toward developing homegrown talent.

"There’s only one flight of stairs to climb," sports director Luis Campos told reporters. "In the long term, it will be possible to build a squad without spending fortunes on the ma

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