Zinedine Zidane is very surprisingly still going to work at Paris Saint-Germain, the French channels report RMC Sports and Europe1† PSG are about to say goodbye to coach Mauricio Pochettino and it looks like the owners of PSG will Zizou finally have their dream candidate as head coach in. Zidane has not responded to advances from Paris in recent years and seemed to want to wait for France’s national coach.
Zidane is said to be en route to Qatar to finalize the deal. It is expected to be completed on Saturday. At the same time, this brings an early end to Pochettino’s era as trainer of the French top club. His contract runs until mid-2023, so he will receive a substantial severance package. The Argentinian stepped in in January 2021 and failed to win the Champions League so desired in Paris. This year it went dramatically wrong against Real Madrid in the quarterfinals. A 2-0 lead over two games was wiped out with only half an hour to play by a hat trick from Karim Benzema.
After retiring from Real Madrid in 2021, Zidane was already approached by PSG. He then turned the club down to wait for the position as France national coach, a position that may become vacant after the World Cup in Qatar. With Zidane, the Parisians at least bring in someone who knows how to win the Champions League. In Madrid, the leader won the ‘big ears’ cup between 2015 and 2018 for three seasons in a row. While playing for Real Madrid, he managed to win it in 2002.
A new wind is also blowing in Paris in technical policy: PSG confirms that Luís Campos has been appointed as technical advisor. The 57-year-old Portuguese succeeds Leonardo. Leonardo, with his former role as technical director, is being held responsible for the failure of the superpower in Europe. Campos will have a more advisory role and will probably implement the transfer policy together with Zidane.
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