OFFICIAL: Pochettino Departs PSG After 18 Months In Cost

Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint- Germain have confirmed the departure of head coach Mauricio Pochettino after 18 months in cost.

PSG made the announcement in a press release launched on Tuesday.

Pochettino’s exit has been anticipated for nearly a month now – however has solely simply been confirmed.

Former Good supervisor Christophe Galtier is predicted to exchange the 50-year-old Argentine.

Pochettino leaves PSG after guiding them to a record-equalling tenth French title, his first league success as a supervisor.

“Paris Saint-Germain affirm that Mauricio Pochettino has ended his function on the membership,” the assertion from PSG learn.

“The membership want to thank Mauricio Pochettino and his workers for his or her work and need them the most effective for the longer term.”

The previous Tottenham Hotspur supervisor oversaw an unbeaten residence document within the league this season, ending the marketing campaign with 16 wins in 19 video games.

PSG regained the title however their last-16 Champions League exit within the fingers of eventual champions Real Madrid was seen as a serious failure.

They squandered a 2-0 mixture lead within the towards Madrid to forged a critical query mark over Pochettino’s future.

It was the primary time Les Parisiens, who reached the semi-finals in 2021 and had been the overwhelmed finalists in 2020, had misplaced a Champions League away sport after main at half-time since 2001.

Pochettino was sacked by Spurs in November 2019 after 5 years in control of the Premier League membership, months after main them to the 2019 Champions League closing.

After taking cost of PSG in January final yr, they completed second in Ligue 1 behind Galtier’s Lille and had been overwhelmed in that yr’s Champions League semi-finals by Manchester Metropolis.

Nonetheless, they received the Coupe de France and the Trophee des Champions, which had been the primary trophies of Pochettino’s managerial profession.

The previous Argentina defender started his managerial profession at Espanyol and spent 18 months at Southampton earlier than becoming a member of Tottenham in Might 2014.