2023-05-25 14:11:53
He won the Champions League, advocates the beautiful game and he is free. According to our information, Luis Enrique is at the top of the list, along with two other leads, to become the coach of PSG next season. It would be a big blow, the return to the bench of a big name, a bit like in 2012 with the signing of Carlo Ancelotti.
The position is currently occupied by Christophe Galtier, still under a one-year contract. Even the person concerned has few illusions, he knows that his leaders want to turn the page after a contrasting season, good in its first part, mediocre afterwards. But the former coach of Lille will be able to leave for a title of champion of France 2023, which is not nothing in his balance sheet.
His succession is therefore open, unofficially. As long as the situation of the Frenchman is not settled, nothing will filter officially. Three names stand out in the final sprint, which brings together the wishes of the different components of the club: Qatar, the shareholder, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the president, Luis Campos, the sports adviser in charge of the first team. The choice of Luis Enrique seems to meet internally all the votes, a little less the other two names. At 53 since the beginning of May, the Spanish coach has international experience which propels him into a very credible candidate. It has the stature of the big clubs.
PSG not alone in the ranks
He of course led the great FC Barcelona with a Leo Messi at his peak and won the C1 with the Catalans in 2015 against Juventus Turin. He also managed Neymar at the time in an infinitely seductively styled team. He built his early career at AS Roma in the early 2010s and is coming out of an almost four-year term at the head of the Spanish selection.
He just cut a few months during the summer of 2019, due to the death of his 9-year-old daughter. At the World Cup in Qatar, La Roja was eliminated in the round of 16 by the sensation of the tournament, Morocco, future semi-finalist. He did not participate in the gathering organized by Fifa in Doha in early May with the coaches involved in the competition, his successor Luis de la Fuente taking his place for the technical analysis of the 32 countries involved.
The stars, the egos, Luis Enrique knows and advances in the profession with this high-level locker room culture, having been a midfielder at Real Madrid and Barça in his career as a player. In a very Spanish-speaking PSG – it is even the first language practiced at the Camp des Loges – he would have no trouble finding his bearings.
Above all, the former coach gives a very identifiable leg. His formations, regardless of his results, play well, keep possession of the ball and lean forward. The last months of Thomas Tuchel, the mandate of Mauricio Pochettino and the second half of the season of Christophe Galtier have disappointed in this area. The show has deserted the Park for a few seasons.
Contacted, the entourage of Luis Enrique denies any contact with PSG, which is logical at this stage. Secrecy allows negotiations to move forward. Especially since PSG is not alone in the ranks. A technician of the dimension of the free Spaniard inevitably attracts envy. Thus Naples would have made it a priority in the event of the departure of Luciano Spalletti, who has just won the scudetto in Serie A but who has complicated relations with its president, the tumultuous Aurelio De Laurentiis. After six years without experience in a club, Luis Enrique is preparing to return to the daily role of coach. Paris dreams of seeing him regularly standing in the technical area of the Parc des Princes.
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