Julian Nagelsmann could well succeed Christophe Galtier, with a certain Thierry Henry as first deputy. Imago / Panoramic / IMAGO/Frank Hoermann/SVEN SIMON / AI / Reuters / Panoramic / LEE SMITH
According to Foot Mercato and other sources, PSG have a crush on the ex-Bayern Munich coach, who could be associated with the 98 world champion.
Jose Mourinho, Luis Enrique, Thiago Motta… Rumors are rife regarding the succession of Christophe Galtier. And this even if the latter, under contract until 2024, still assured on Saturday that he had not been informed of the end of his mission by the management of the club. “I was told nothing, neither confirmed nor denied.“, promised the 56-year-old technician, after the defeat against Clermont (2-3), confirming the words of Luis Enrique a few hours earlier. “We haven’t made a decision about the coach.“, swore the Paris-SG football adviser. Communication, neither more nor less, since the decision has been made, as indicated The Team from Friday. And the question of his succession has been agitating Parisian decision-makers for some time now. Reflection which obviously led them to Germany.
According Foot Market Julian Nagelsmann represents «a more than credible and serious optionin the eyes of the leaders of the club with 11 French championship titles. So much so that discussions have already taken place between the parties concerned, knowing that the 35-year-old German coach has been free since his ousting from Bayern Munich last March. He was also replaced by a well-known coach in Paris, Thomas Tuchel… That’s not all: in Doha, we would have taken it into our heads to entrust the role of first assistant to Thierry Henry!
Nagelsmann and Henry have already spoken
A simple rumor, one more? In any case, The Team was quick to confirm Qatari ambitions: formerly in post at Hoffenheim (2016-19) and Leipzig (2019-21), the native of Landsberg am Lech serves as “priorityfor PSG. “This arrival would be accompanied by another spectacular: that of Thierry Henry. The 1998 world champion would be named the German’s first assistant“, add our colleagues. According to FM, the interest between all the parties concerned would be mutual and Nagelsmann would have already exchanged with Henry, number 1 coach in Monaco (2018-19) and Montreal (2019-21), but also a long time member of the staff of the Belgian national team ( 2016-18, then 2021-22). A priori, the consultant Amazon Prime Video would be OK for this challenge.
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Note that the Italian journalist Fabricius Roman specifies that there is no final decision about Nagelsmann, who is not unknown in Paris. He has often faced the capital club in recent years. A duel that had turned to the advantage of the Red and Blue in the semi-final of C1, in 2020, at the Final 8 in Lisbon (3-0). Last February and March, it was “his” Bayern who ejected PSG in the knockout stages of the “Champions” (1-0, 2-0).
