Some will see the transfer as Sweden's most talented player trading sporting ambition for money as he takes an unexpected step down after a career with some of Europe's biggest clubs.
His supporters back home will say the opposite and claim big-spending PSG offer the tall striker his best chance of winning the Champions League before he retires.
For a player who has made no secret of his desire to win European club football's elite title, PSG would seem an unusual choice but having attracted combined transfer fees running into hundreds of millions of euros, it can hardly be for money alone that last season's Serie A top scorer has moved to France.
Before leaving Sweden, the forward specialised in tormenting defenders in the first and second divisions - Allsvenskan and Superettan, gaining a reputation for being 'un-Swedish'.
That winning streak came to an end when AC Milan's challenge faded in the final weeks of last season, allowing Andrea Pirlo-inspired Juve to snatch the title from their grasp.
A virtuoso performance in Milan's last 16 match against Arsenal suggested he might be about to change that last season, but they then lost to Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
With free-spending Qatari owners and experienced Italian Carlo Ancelotti as coach, PSG are an interesting project but whether a club with a distinct lack of success in Europe's top competitions can win the Champions League remains to be seen.
Roman Abramovich's millions quickly brought domestic success for Chelsea but it took nine years before the Russian owner saw his club lift the Champions League trophy.
