French club Paris Saint-Germain paid nearly 50 million euros to terminate the contracts of 3 of the last 4 coaches in the team, the most recent of whom was Argentine Mauricio Pochettino.
In an official statement, the Paris club confirmed on Tuesday, July 5, the end of Pochettino’s mission and thanked him, before announcing the appointment of Frenchman Christophe Galtier as his replacement.
Pochettino closed the curtain on his experience with Paris Saint-Germain following only a year and a half since his arrival, achieving 55 victories, 14 losses and 15 draws out of 84 matches, in addition to winning 3 championships, namely the League, the Cup and the French Super, and in total he won 3 of the aforementioned titles out of 8 competing competitions. them on all levels.
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50 million euros in losses for Paris from the sacking of coaches
According to a simple mathematical calculation, it will be clear that Paris Saint-Germain spent 50 million euros in the last 6 years only to replace and appoint coaches, we review them below.
In 2016, the club was forced to pay 22 million euros French coach Laurent Blanc has to end his contract 3 seasons before its end, in an unprecedented record.
The next coach was Spaniard Unai Emery, who took over the job between 2016 and 2018 and left for free at the end of his contract without any financial damage to the club.
German coach Thomas Tuchel received compensation in the amount of 7 million eurosHe was sacked in the middle of the 2019-20 season, 6 months before the end of his contract.
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Finally, following his dismissal, Pochettino will receive 10 million euros From Paris Saint-Germain, given that he has a full season left on his contract with the team.
For the new coach, Galtier, winner of the French League with Lille 2020, Paris paid 10 million euros In exchange for ending his association with Nice.
Thus, the total sums incurred by Paris Saint-Germain in the last 6 years to recruit and terminate the contracts of its coaches, is 50 million euros.
