In the absence of official confirmation, Thomas Tuchel will not coach PSG again. The Parisian team is finalizing the procedures to fire the German and to announce the hiring of Mauricio Pochettino. A decision that, although it was an open secret, did not sit well with the coach's environment.
The still PSG coach came out enraged on Wednesday from a meeting with Leonardo that barely lasted an hour and in which he was informed that he was no longer the coach of the current European runner-up. Tuchel knew that his hours were counted in Paris, but the news caught him by surprise, as the qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League had calmed the waters in Paris, despite their attitude against Istanbul on the day, forcing their players to remain on the pitch after the racist incident with Webó.
The dismissal of Thomas Tuchel will cost PSG a compensation of € 7 millionThe former Dortmund coach being the second coach who fired the Parisian team since the sheikh arrived, as Antoine Kombouaré was fired in December 2011 when he had PSG leader and was also fired by Leonardo.