Mauricio Pochettino: PSG finalising former Spurs boss' exit from the French champions
Mauricio Pochettino set to leave having led PSG to the French title; but ultimately, it was PSG's latest capitulation in the Champions League, the competition the Qatari owners crave so much, which has cost Pochettino his job; they were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid
Monday 13 June 2022 06:46, UK
Paris Saint-Germain are close to finalising the departure of head coach Mauricio Pochettino.
The former Tottenham and Southampton boss is set to leave having led PSG to the French title, winning by 15 points - the largest margin of a title-winning team in the top five leagues.
But ultimately, it was PSG's latest capitulation in the Champions League, the competition the Qatari owners crave so much, which has cost Pochettino his job.
PSG were 2-0 up on aggregate with only 45 minutes left to play of their last-16 tie against Real Madrid, but were undone by a 17-minunte hat-trick from Karim Benzema in the second half.
Pochettino was able to guide PSG to the semi-finals the season before, becoming only the second manager in the club's history to do so under the current ownership, but they were eliminated by Manchester City.
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Manchester United considered Pochettino for the manager's position vacated by interim Ralf Rangnick at the end of the season, but instead opted to hire Erik ten Hag from Ajax.
How have previous managers coped post-PSG?
Carlo Ancelotti - 1x Copa del Rey (2014), 1x Champions League (2014), 1x Super Cup (2014), FIFA Club World Cup (2014), 1x Bundesliga (2017), 1x La Liga (2022), 1x Champions League finalist (2022)
Unai Emery - 1x Europa League finalist (2019), 1x Europa League (2021), 1x Champions League semi-finalist (2022)
Thomas Tuchel - 1x Champions League (2021), 1x Super Cup (2021), 1x UEFA Men's Coach of the Year (2021), 1x The Best FIFA Football Coach (2021), 1x FIFA Club World Cup (2021)
Pochettino departure at PSG will be 'no surprise'
French football expert Tom Williams speaking on Sky Sports News about Pochettino's impending PSG exit:
"It's no surprise. This has been coming for months. You can go back to last summer even; there were approaches made to Pochettino from Tottenham about a return to north London.
"We knew he wasn't entirely happy at PSG. He wasn't entirely happy in Paris. He spent a long time living in a hotel, which didn't help matters.
"Over the course of this season, even with PSG streaking towards the Ligue 1 title, things haven't felt right.
"Things haven't clicked; the football has been appalling. The feeling has been for a long time that Pochettino was not going to continue beyond this summer.
"The fact that we have appeared to arrive at the point of his departure now is not going to surprise anyone."
