Man City vs. PSG: How Qatar's European champions view Abu Dhabi's Premier League woes

For the past decade and a half, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have been grouped together as the great, state-fuelled twin threat to Europe’s soccer elite and its fabled competitive balance. City’s Abu Dhabi ownership and PSG’s Qatari powerbrokers have changed the trajectory of two previously big but not consistently successful clubs beyond all recognition, following their respective buyouts in 2008 and 2011. Predominantly under Pep Guardiola — who will return to the Etihad Stadium stands tonight for the first time since stepping down at the end of last season — and with the help of managerial predecessors Roberto Mancini…