“I think I deserve a second season. I have given everything. I was able to stay the course in difficult moments. Personally, I have the feeling that I have earned the right to continue.” With these words, Christopher Galtier tried to convince the high command of the Paris Saint-Germain to give him one more chance to continue on the Parisian bench in 2023-24. However, everything indicates that the fate of the French coach is cast. He psg He has turned a deaf ear to his request and already has his replacement: it is nothing less than the German Julian Nagelsman.
As reported this Sunday by the sports newspaper L’Equipethe former Bayern Munich coach is the priority choice of Paris Saint-Germain to replace Christophe Galtier on the bench and negotiations are advanced, for the transfer market.
The dialogue between both parties goes back several weeks and, according to the sources of L’Equipethe deal is close. In addition, Nagelsmann would arrive accompanied by the former French soccer player Thierry Henry as his number two. Total revolution for the bench.
The German, who at the age of 35 has enjoyed a stellar career, led Bayern Munich between 2021 and until last March, with whom he won a Bundesliga. Before that stage, he had broken the record as the youngest DT in the history of the Bundesliga by leading Hoffenheim in 2016, after which he also went through the bench of RB Leipzig.
The other candidates are cold
To replace Galtier, who arrived at the beginning of the season, but did not know how to win over the board or the Parisian fans -even with the league title won this season-, other names have also come up. At the end of May, the daily le parisien He pointed to the Spanish Luis Enrique as a favorite to take the reins of the Parisian team.
Recurring in the rumors was also the Portuguese José Mourinho, currently in charge of Roma, with whom he was runner-up in the Europa League, but the French sports press assured that he did not feel very attracted to directing PSG.
The Italian-Brazilian Thiago Motta, who has completed a great season at Bologna, and the Argentine Marcelo Gallardo also sounded like candidates. Is it time for German?
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