“At PSG, the project is to win and win now”

About one year after his arrival at PSG, Pochettino he knows that he is analyzed in the press and on the street. The team does not quite fall in love but the Argentine remembers the phrase that is usually repeated in the club: “The project is to win, and win now.” In an interview in L’Équipe, he has argued again that he needs time for the synergies between the group to be as they should in order to finally win the Champions League.

Although Pochettino He claims to have a specific look, he also acknowledges that at PSG he has had to adapt: ​​“They didn’t come looking for us to build a project or ask us what we needed to develop our ideas. We came to win and develop the ideas of PSG ”, points out the coach of a team that has yet to find the balance, so necessary to compete in Europe against much more experienced rivals.

Others, however, are not lucky enough to have Messi, Neymar O Mbappé: “They are the best in the world. Why take them off the pitch? Even if they do not play as one expects, with their talent they can be decisive at any time. That is why the club made the financial effort it did to hire them. You cannot evaluate these types of footballers like others, because they are different ”, he emphasizes. Pochettino, happy to have these stars.

With so many egos in the same dressing room, managing such good players is not always easy: “We have the best in our hands, but also their families, their backgrounds and fans. People say: such a footballer does not adapt, suffers, has problems. And the personal? We all have obligations. We need to find a balance”. A word that Pochettino repeats often, aware that it will be the one that marks PSG’s chances of success.