“I want to thank him. He is part of the first circle, he has done an incredible job. We wish him the best. It’s football… I know a lot of clubs are going to be interested in him because he has a lot of experience.”. Here is what Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of PSG, said recently about his former sports director Leonardo, who left in the shadows on May 21 on the evening of the meeting against Metz. However, according to the latest information from the Parisianthe Brazilian saw big for the summer transfer window of the capital club.
In cold with Mauricio Pochettino, for whom the adventure should also end in the next few hours, Leonardo had thus planned to recall a former member of the house in the person of Thiago Motta. Admiring the work done by the Italian midfielder during his time at La Spezia where his authority had impressed his world, the former sports director of the Rouge-et-Bleu therefore wanted to offer the Parisian bench to the native of São Bernardo do Campo . And that’s not all.
Pogba, Dembélé, Mané, Salah …
Regarding the Parisian collective, Leonardo also had dreams in his head. In addition to the extension of Kylian Mbappé, number one objective of the Parisian club, the Brazilian leader – who had also targeted Mohamed Salah in the summer of 2021 in the event of the departure of the Bondynois – thus wanted to take advantage of the end of the contract. Already at the helm when Lionel Messi, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sergio Ramos or even Georginio Wijnaldum arrived, the one nicknamed Leo was planning to start over with two free French world champions …
Determined to recover Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona) and Paul Pogba (Manchester United) by offering emoluments higher than those they received before, the former leader of AC Milan also wanted to offer Parisian supporters. Sadio Mané. “Leonardo had several contacts with his German agent. They saw each other, they discussed the ins and outs of a possible transfer of Sadio to PSG, but it stopped there. Everyone knows that Leonardo was on an ejection seat, we had to wait”, explained, as such, Bacary Cissé, the communication advisor for the new Bayern Munich player. So many plans ultimately aborted…
