French Radio Monte Carlo reporter Fabrice Hawkins wrote a column on February 26 to analyze the internal situation in Paris
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Christophe Galtier gave himself some breathing room in last Sunday’s (4-3) win over Lille, but the pressure on him was enormous as PSG had just lost three games in a row.
That hasn’t happened to the team since the fall of 2011 (a few months after QSI bought the club).
It is no exaggeration to say that the Qataris have little interest in such a passive losing streak.
The loss was so ugly that for the coach, and even sporting adviser Luis Campos, a new error could mean the end of the adventure, so Galtier remains vulnerable
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The next league games, especially the Champions League match against Bayern, will be decisive for his future.
As RMC Sports revealed on February 16, there are still people in Paris who are very optimistic about Tuchel. He is a free agent and knows Paris very well.
He maintains a good relationship with the leaders who hold a lot of weight in Paris, but he also knows that there may be opportunities in other positions next summer.
So Tuchel is still a hypothesis.
Another highly appreciated coach: Thiago Motta.
For several years now, his name has been circulating in people’s imagination of the future coach of Paris.
Firstly because he showed his tactical qualities, even if the results were not always as good as the Italian would have liked.
But Motta is still too immature, and it is obviously not enough to bring Paris, and the level is not enough.
Judging from the current situation, if Paris completely parted ways with Galtier before the end of the season, the club does not have a once-and-for-all solution.
If things go horribly wrong in the next few weeks, it seems unlikely that Galtier would want to stay on.
The exhaustion can be seen on the face of the Parisian coach, who has a haggard look on his face.
The pressure eased after a win over his old club last Sunday.
As he likes to repeat, you have to “seek refuge at work” when things aren’t going your way.
And within the squad, players who have returned from the World Cup are still struggling with their fitness, such as Neymar, who has not been able to display the radiant intensity he had at the beginning of the season.
In this case, he wasn’t the only one struggling.
Schedules and injuries have exacerbated Paris’ crisis, however, certain tactical choices were not well understood internally.
For example, against Bayern Munich, Vittinia was repositioned as a playmaker and even in the starting XI (a 0-1 first-leg defeat in the Champions League round of 16).
And in the dressing room, Galtier is still admired.
However, the privileges granted to certain individuals will not go unnoticed.
“The treatment of stars is different, as in all clubs.” This is a sentence revealed by a source inside the Paris base.
There are conflicts in training sometimes, but no more than at other clubs.
Regardless, Galtier and the coaching staff will hope to at least see the season through, regardless of what happens against Marseille and Bayern Munich on Sunday.
Yet everyone knows that in football, anything can happen.