Mauricio Pochettino is counting the hours for the officiality of his departure from PSG. Photo: KARIM JAAFAR / AFP.
After months of rumors, which began with the elimination against Real Madrid in the Champions League in February and not diminished with the Scudetto in Ligue 1, the future of Maurizio Pochettino at PSG seems to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is true that, perhaps, it is not what he would have imagined when he took office in January 2021 and that is why he wants to achieve. “until the last euro” of income upon termination of the contract.
This was reflected in the newspaper on Monday The Parisians, who recalled that the coach of the Rosario had a bond until June 2023 and highlighted it the official date of his departure would be effective this Tuesday.
Pochettino danced with Los Palmeras and was presented in a Colón shirt during a recent visit to Barcelona, where he avoided talking about his future.
Ten days ago, as posted Clarionethe representatives of the Parisian club and the coach’s lawyer had agreed on his departure in exchange for about 15 million euros, a sensational figure that also includes the compensation of his two assistants, Miguel D’Agostino Y Jesus Perez; goalkeeper coach, Tony Jiménez; and his son Sebastiano Pochettinowho worked as an athletic trainer.
“His lawyers have negotiated until the last euro. The Argentine coach has not given any gift to the club in the capital”published the newspaper Le Parisien on Monday.
The information emerged a few hours after the official departure of the Frenchman Christophe Galtier del Nizza, which has now paved the way to replace Pochettino, with a three-year period, the last optional. The Swiss too Luciano Favrehis successor, has already directed the practice this Monday at the club that until a few weeks ago had the Argentine goalkeeper Walter Benitez as picture.
Christophe Galtier directed the Saint-Etienne for seven and a half years.
The point is, this weekend, Galtier should settle in the Camp des Loges -the PSG training center- to welcome the entire squad shortly Monday 4th Julywhen they start the preseason.
Galtier arrives with the permission of the new Portuguese sporting director Luigi Campi, who took the place of the Brazilian Leonardo a month ago, the first head to roll. Never before has he had a squad with so many stars: Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, who have renewed until 2025 after flirting with Real Madrid.
Kylian Mbappé shows the shirt with the year of its renewal. Photo: AP / Michel Spingler.
This 55-year-old from Marseilles started his career as an assistant at his hometown Olympique (the club where he made his football debut in 1985) in 1999, just weeks after hanging up his boots (his last club was Liaoning on the Chinese side) . He then went through Saint Etienne and Lille.
Although Pochettino has expressed his desire to continue to lead the Parisian team from the very beginning and stressed on several occasions that he still has one more year of contract at the club, the Argentine’s departure seems to have a date for this Tuesday 28 of June. .
Source: Clarin
