Paris St Germain introduced Christophe Galtier as their new supervisor on Tuesday, shortly after the Ligue 1 champions parted methods with Mauricio Pochettino.
Galtier joins PSG on a two-year contract after leaving Nice final month, having guided them to a runners-up end within the French Cup and fifth place in Ligue 1 final season.
The 55-year-old Frenchman joined Nice in 2021 after main Lille to their first Ligue 1 title since 2011 within the earlier marketing campaign. Before becoming a member of Lille, Galtier spent eight seasons at Saint Etienne, the place he gained the French Cup in 2012-2013.
“When you’re here (at the Parc des Princes) you feel the expectations,” stated Galtier, who’s PSG’s first French coach since Laurent Blanc in 2013-16.
“I appreciate the responsibility that I have so that PSG can have a great season. I have been getting ready for it. If I have accepted his job it is because I am capable of it. But we have to do it all together.”
At PSG, Galtier will likely be re-united with Luis Campos, the membership’s newly-appointed soccer advisor, with the pair having labored collectively at Lille.
Galtier’s appointment comes after PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi put an finish to hypothesis surrounding France nice Zinedine Zidane, dismissing experiences that PSG had been in talks with the 1998 World Cup winner about changing into their new boss.
“We never talked with Zidane. I love the player and the coach but we never talked with him. Christophe Galtier was always our first option,” al-Khelaifi instructed a information convention on Tuesday.
Pochettino, who was appointed by PSG in January 2021, gained the Ligue 1 title in 2021-22 and the French Cup in 2020-21 however didn’t ship within the Champions League, the one main trophy that has eluded PSG since Qatar Sports Investment took over in 2011.
PSG, eight occasions league winners for the reason that takeover, had been Champions League runners-up in 2020 however they had been knocked out within the final 16 final season by eventual champions Real Madrid.
Pochettino got here in with a robust resume after making Tottenham Hotspur perennial top-four finishers in England’s Premier League and guiding them to the Champions League closing in 2019.
Despite having a star-studded squad at his disposal at PSG, with Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi main the assault, Pochettino didn’t win the opposite home trophies on provide, lifting solely the league title final season.
Pochettino leaves PSG after 84 aggressive video games in cost, having gained 55, drawn 15 and misplaced 14.
Source: www.financialexpress.com