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| Newly appointed Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier and PSG President Nasser Al Khelaifi pose with the jersey during the press conference of Paris at Parc des Princes on July 05, 2022 in Paris, France. |
Paris Saint-Germain have parted company with coach
Mauricio Pochettino, the French champions confirmed on Tuesday, and replaced
him with Christophe Galtier who pipped the Argentine and PSG to the 2021 Ligue
1 title when in charge of Lille. Galtier is PSG’s seventh coach since the
Qataris bought the club 11 years ago and will be expected to finally lift the
Champions League trophy.
“Yes, I am emotional, yes I am proud,”
said Galtier at a press conference on Tuesday.“I am fully aware of the responsibility placed
on me, that PSG had a huge season.“I have prepared myself for this.
“If I have accepted these responsibilities, it
is because I feel I am capable.”The club had earlier issued a short statement
confirming what had been widely-touted for weeks — the departure of Pochettino
with a year remaining on his contract.“Paris Saint-Germain confirm that Mauricio
Pochettino has ended his role at the club,” said a club statement as the
former Tottenham Hotspur coach left the Parc des Princes after 18 months in
charge.Pochettino and his backroom staff depart having won
the Ligue 1 title last season but the campaign was better remembered for a
disappointing exit from the Champions League in the last 16 at the hands of
Real Madrid.“The club would like to thank Mauricio
Pochettino and his staff for their work and wish them the best for the
future,” added PSG’s statement.
Galtier, who left Nice last month, has developed a
reputation as the leading coach in the French club game over the last decade.
He enjoyed eight successful years at Saint-Etienne,
where he won the League Cup in 2013, before a four-year stint at Lille was
crowned with the Ligue 1 title in 2021, when they pipped PSG.
The former Portsmouth assistant manager previously
worked with Luis Campos, the Portuguese super scout who was recently named as
PSG’s football advisor and who built the Lille team that won the league under
Galtier.
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