Mauricio Pochettino: Paris St-Germain boss to leave after negotiations with the club
Key takeaways:
- Pochettino played 95 times for PSG as a player before taking control of them in January last year.
- Manager Mauricio Pochettino will leave Paris St-Germain following discussions with the club at the end of last week.
PSG is still to make a formal statement, but the ex-Tottenham boss, 50, will not serve his agreement until the final year.
Zinedine Zidane, Jose Mourinho, and Nice boss Christophe Galtier are linked with replacing Pochettino.
PSG regained the French trophy last term, but the Argentine failed to lead them past the Champions League's last 16.
Although they were defeated by eventual champions Real Madrid, PSG held a 2-0 aggregate benefit with less than half an hour remaining in their second leg.
Pochettino claimed the first titles of his managerial career with PSG - the 2021 Coupe de France and 2022 Ligue 1 title - but the club's order felt that was the minimum he should perform given the squad at his disposal.
The ex-Spurs manager was considered a possible replacement for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United before they appointed interim manager Ralf Rangnick and then Solskjaer's permanent successor Erik ten Hag.