Thomas Tuchel has been left out of PSG, this was officially announced by the PSG club and the club does not yet have the name of his successor
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) officially announced the dismissal of their German coach on Tuesday Thomas Tuchel, half a year after the end of his last contract season with the French capital club.
The club said in a statement that the decision, advanced last week by the media, he is taken “after an in-depth analysis of his sporting situation.
President PSGNasser Al-Kheläifi thanked the coach for “everything he contributed to the club”, especially his energy and passion for work, according to that note in which his successor’s name is not confirmed.
Tuchel, 46, came to the club’s bench in Paris in July 2018 as a replacement for Spaniard Unai Emery and after leading Borussia Dortmund for three years.
At that time, as PSG remembered, he accumulated 95 victories, twelve draws and 20 defeats in all competitions.
Tuchel leaves PSG to win two French leagues (2019 and 2020), a Cup (2020), a League Cup (2020) and two Super Cups (2018 and 2019), in addition to leading PSG in August last year. in his first Champions League final, in which he lost to Bayern Munich.
Despite this balance, the relationship with the club deteriorated throughout the season, especially with the sporting director, the Brazilian Leonardo.
The straw that seems to have filled the glass of patience of the Qatari owners of the entity were statements made by the technician on German television “Sport 1” in which he assured, among other things, that PSG did not behave like a great club.
Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, who played for PSG between 2001 and 2003 and has not coached for a year after his dismissal from Tottenham, is, according to several local media, the favorite to take over the team. In continuation.
If the news is confirmed, it would be the fourth team Pochettino has prepared after making his debut for Espanyol, which he led between 2009 and 2012, Southampton between 2013 and 2014, and Tottenham, between 2014 and 2019, which he led in the final. in the 2019 Champions League, which he lost to Liverpool.
The 48-year-old Argentine coach never hid his desire to one day coach PSG, one of the most prestigious clubs he played for.