French press reports revealed that the management of the Paris Saint-Germain club has monitored a huge sum of money for the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino to leave in the coming days, after Christophe Galtier, the coach of the Nice team, approached the leadership of the Parisians next season.
According to the newspaper “L’Equipe”, the management of Paris Saint-Germain is allocating 15 million euros to persuade the Argentine coach to give up his position in the leadership of the team next season.
The newspaper pointed out that Paris Saint-Germain hopes to resolve the file before the start of the team’s preparations for the next season, which will start on the fourth of next July, two weeks at the latest.
Paris Saint-Germain club officials reached an agreement with Nice to take over the coach of the latter, Christophe Galtier, the coach of the French capital club, starting from the next season 2022-2023, to succeed Argentine Mauricio Pochettino.
The newspaper added that, after negotiations that lasted for several days, the clubs of Nice and Paris Saint-Germain agreed on an amount of approximately 10 million euros for Christophe Galtier to coach the French champions this summer.
The newspaper pointed out that the official announcement of Paris Saint-Germain’s contract with Christophe Galtier, 55, depends on communicating with the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino and his agent to terminate his contract with the French capital club, which is expected to take place by next Thursday.
Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino has a contract with Paris Saint-Germain until June 2023, but club officials decided to terminate his contract, in order to appoint a new coach who can fulfill the club’s dream of obtaining the Champions League title.