Paris Saint-Germain celebrated a mandatory win over Girondins Bordeaux on Sunday, which was overshadowed by a shriek of their own fans at the likes of Neymar and Lionel Messi. After leaving Real Madrid in the Champions League, Mauricio Pochettino’s days as a coach are numbered.
The Argentine should achieve the long-awaited triumph in the premier class, for which the Qatari owners once again dug deep into their pockets in the summer. The fact that the mission failed in the round of 16 should cost the ex-professional the job by the end of the season at the latest. Zinedine Zidane, who has celebrated his success with the royal team, especially in the Champions League, has been traded as his successor for months. Like the French sports newspaper The Team now reported, PSG has a larger list of candidates.
New challenge for Simeone?
The name Diego Simeone should also have a very prominent place on it. Pochettino’s compatriot has been the head coach of Atletico Madrid since 2011, and in the summer he extended the contract until 2024. Nevertheless, a farewell is conceivable if the impulsive coach seeks a different challenge after so many years. In Paris, his profile might just be the right one to mold a collective of outstanding individual players into a team that collectively brings their potential to the pitch.
Eight other candidates
In addition to Zidane and Simeone, eight other coaches are said to be on the list, according to the report. These are Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus), Mikel Arteta (Arsenal), Antonio Conte (Tottenham Hotspur), Erik ten Hag (Ajax), Christophe Galtier (OGC Nice), Lucien Favre (without a club), Simone Inzaghi (Inter Milan) and Thiago Motta (Spezia Calcio). Arteta and Thiago Motta, like Pochettino, have a professional past at Paris Saint-Germain.
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