Since Qatar took over in 2011, Paris Saint-Germain has put enormous pressure on its players and coaches. President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi wants to win the Champions League and is obsessed with it. But from next season, the context should change.
Christophe Galtier was warned. At the time of his appointment last summer, the Paris Saint-Germain manager knew his work would be judged primarily on Champions League results. As a result, his team stopped in the round of 16 after two defeats against Bayern Munich (0-1, 2-0), whose superiority would undoubtedly have deserved a heavier score. Suffice to say that this failure weighed in the imminent dismissal of the French coach.
Especially since the club wants to play down this obsession with the LDC and put less pressure on the players around it.
— Loïc Tanzi (@Tanziloic) June 19, 2023
It’s no secret that this European competition is not just a dream for Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. The president of Paris Saint-Germain is obsessed with it. Hence the enormous pressure put on its players and coaches. But the context could well change from next season. Indeed, the journalist of L’Equipe Loïc Tanzi affirms that the Ile-de-France club ” wants to play down this obsession with the Champions League and put less pressure on the players around it “.
PSG listened to Herrera
Great news for Luis Enrique. Announced close to an agreement to take over from Christophe Galtier, the Spanish technician will be able to work in better conditions, and with more patience at the management level. To believe that Paris Saint-Germain listened to the criticism of its former player Ander Herrera on TyC Sports. ” When the club was bought by the Qataris, they talked about the Champions League “, recently recalled the middle of Bilbao.
” For me it is a mistake, because you are creating an obsession and a demand that does not belong to you and does not belong to you. The fans listen to the leaders and then ask for the Champions League. I have never seen such requests, not even in Manchester. In Paris, whatever you do, if you don’t win the Champions League, it’s a disaster. That’s what I find unfair », Criticized the ex-Parisian rightly.
