The sports director of Paris Saint-Germain, Leonardo, confirmed to AFP on Friday the continuity of coach Mauricio Pochettino, “who has never asked to leave,” and added that there has been “no contact” with Zinedine Zidane to replace him.
“I think it is important to clarify the situation due to the amount of false information that circulates. Pochettino has a contract until 2023,” Leonardo said.
“We don’t want him to leave. He has never asked to leave and no club has contacted us about him. We have a lot of respect for Zinedine Zidane, for what he has done as a player and coach, but I can state very clearly that there has been no contact and that he has not we have met him “, explained the Brazilian leader.
The newspaper Le Parisien published on the front page this Friday a “secret meeting” between the PSG leadership and Zidane, stating that the negotiations had started “several weeks before.”
The newspaper cites a meeting in early November at the Royal Monceau, a Parisian palace hotel, which “at least” Leonardo and Jean-Claude Blanc, the club’s general manager, would have attended.
“It is 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,” Leonardo commented.
For several days, some media have been publishing the possibility that Pochettino will return to England and be replaced by Zidane.
