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In the midst of many rumors, mainly fed by the French media, the sports director of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Leonardo assured that have not had contacts with the successful French coach Zinedine Zidane and are satisfied with the work that the Argentine is currently doing Mauricio Pochettino .
“We have a lot of respect for Zinedine Zidane, because of what he has done as a player and coach, but I can state very clearly that there has been no contact and that we have not met him ”
Leonardo
The Brazilian manager of the French club also clarified that no club has contacted him PSG to hire their coach: “He never asked to leave and no club contacted us in relation to him. ”
“We do not want that poche go ttino. He never asked to leave and no club contacted us about him, “he said.
” It’s ridiculous to imagine that a meeting with Zinedine Zidane could have been held in a large hotel in Paris , in the eyes of the whole world ”, remarked Leonardo.
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Mauricio Pochettino is a man who knows the English Premier League well. He managed first Southampton and then Tottenham with relative success. With the latter he reached the final of the UEFA Champions League of the season 18 – 19 when they fell against the mighty Liverpool of Jurgen Kloop.
Before their experience on the islands Britons was at the helm for five seasons of Espanyol de Barcelona, a club that in addition to giving him the opportunity to coach for the first time, was where he spent the most years in his playing time and where he won several titles.
Such experience makes him worthy of great wisdom to handle reports or communications about data that are not always exact, such as the information that was given to him training Manchester United, a club that has always loved him, and the multi-awarded Zidane at PSG.
“I’m not a kid. I have spent my whole life playing soccer. I have been training for more than twelve years. We are used to rumors in football. I know very well how this works, sometimes in a positive way, sometimes in a negative way. I am not distracted. The rumors are there, you have to live with it, “he said prior to the UCL match against Manchester City by Josep” Pep “Guardiola.
For now Poche will remain in the French capital trying to amalgamate a wardrobe of real stars, while German Ralf Rangnick will try to shape the Red Devils and revive a million dollar project.
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