Paris SG confirmed Tuesday the departure of Mauricio Puchettino at noon, after he had been acting for many weeks just before Tuesday’s press conference, where Christophe Galtier will be introduced as the new coach.
“Paris Saint-Germain confirms it has ended its cooperation with Mauricio pochettino,” stated PSG in a laconic statement. This was after a lengthy negotiation with the Argentine technician to terminate his contract early. It was ended in 2023.
This 50-year-old “Pocket” relationship that PSG broke up with in January 2021 prevented it from moving ahead on its sports management reorganization.
“Pocket” won’t have been able to get the best out this XXL team in a year and a quarter in Paris. The former Parisian captain and defender (2001-2003), will still be the coach who was the 10th champion club history, Saint Etienne record equaled.
However, he was too stoic and his boring speech ruined his record.
Pochettino was eliminated in the semi-final stage of 2021 by Manchester City (2-1, 2-0 defeats). PSG’s exit from the eighth against Real Madrid (1-0 and 1-3) seemed like a big step backwards, despite the reinforcements of Messi.
The 50-year-old Argentinian is a team that wants to win all, immediately. He has had too many poor performances on Argentina’s national stage: Ligue 1 lost to Lille de Galtier in May 2021, Champions Trophy sold at Losc in August, Coupe de France 2022 was abandoned in January 2022, and Coupe de France 2022 was abandoned at Losc in August.
Pochettino was previously a player for Espanyol Barcelona (2009-12), Southampton (2013-14) and Tottenham (2014-2019). However, he has the potential to bounce back to England, where he still has good odds of leading Spurs to the 2019 Champions League final. (Little Liverpool lost 2-0).
