Leonardo on Pochettino’s permanence at PSG: “We don’t want him to leave”

Faced with so many speculations, the sports director of Paris Saint-Germain decided to declare for AFP confirming the continuity of coach Mauricio Pochettino, “Who has never asked to leave.” Likewise, Leonardo argued that there has been no “No contact” with Zinedine Zidane to replace the Argentine coach on the PSG bench.

“I think it is important to clarify the situation due to the amount of false information that circulates. Pochettino has a contract until 2023 ″Leonardo said.

“We don’t want him to go away. He has never asked to leave and no club has contacted us about him. We have a lot of respect for Zinedine Zidane, for what he has done as a player and coach, but I can say very clearly that there has been no contact and that we have not met him “explained the sports director.

It should be noted that the speculations occurred through several French media, including the newspaper Le Parisien published on the front page this Friday a “Secret encounter” between the PSG leadership and Zidane, stating that the negotiations had begun “Several weeks before.”

Le Parisien cites a meeting in early November at the Royal Monceau, a Parisian palace hotel, which they would have attended “at least” Leonardo and Jean-Claude Blanc, general manager of the club; to which the Brazilian manager replied: “It is ridiculous to imagine that a meeting with Zinedine Zidane could have been held in a large hotel, in Paris, in the eyes of the whole world.”

Leonardo’s clarifications are given after, for several days, some media have published the possibility that Pochettino returns to England and is replaced by Zidane. All this comes after PSG’s defeat over Manchester City at the Eithad Stadium in the group stage of the Champions League.