They ensure that Marcelo Gallardo is first on the list to replace Mauricio Pochettino at PSG

Paris Saint Germain are in a substitution phase. It is already known that Ángel Di María will not continue in the team, the exoneration of the Brazilian Leonardo as sporting director has also been formalized and the arrival of the Portuguese Luis Campos has been announced in his place. They renewed the contract Kylian Mbappé. And the next thing in the folder Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the Qatari who leads the Parisian club, is deciding who will be the manager next season. There is the name of Marcello Gallardo.

According to French media Foot Mercato, the club has already made the decision to sack Maurizio Pochettino on the advice of the new sporting director who wants to impose his idea. Campos, it is worth noting, was a Monaco adviser and had tried in the past to bring Gallardo to the Principality club. Now, once again, it opens its doors to Muñeco, who in his time as a player in France went through both teams.

Gallardo, who prepares the River team with many defeats for their debut in the Professional League this Sunday against Defense and Justice in Florencio Varela, was on vacation in Paris. He crossed Roland Garros and also participated in the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, which crowned the Spanish team led by Carlo Ancelotti as champion.

The French press indicates that the contact with Gallardo could take place this weekend, but they do not give the accounts. Luis Campos is in Paris and The Doll will direct in Florencio Varela. The interest appears to be real and Gallardo would be at the top of the list of replacements for Pochettino managed by PSG’s new sporting director. Has the meeting already taken place?

Meanwhile Marcelo Gallardo has a contract with River until December, he is in the running for the Argentine Cup, on Sunday the defense of the Professional League begins and he will also have to face the cross against Vélez for the first knockout round of the Copa Libertadores. According to DT’s idea, it is difficult for him to leave the Núñez club after almost 8 years in the middle of the competition. But on the other side there is PSG and nothing less than the possibility of directing Lionel Messi.

Will the doll have another chance like this? As it emerged and told to Clarín from the bowels of the Monumental, there are only two goals that keep Gallardo awake at night: one of these is to be the manager of a European giant, the other to direct Messi. La Pulga, 34, is in the last part of his career and for Gallardo it could be the only (and last) opportunity to share the dressing room and team with Rosario.