Surprised by Leonardo after the victory against Strasbourg (4-0), Thomas Tuchel learned of the club’s decision to part ways with him in mid-season when he had just held his press conference classic post-match, even expressing his wishes for 2021. During the interview between the two men, the tone is also mounted while the exchanges were tense according to information from the Team.
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Happy with the performance of his family after the victory against Strasbourg (4-0) on Wednesday night at the Parc des Princes, Thomas Tuchel was no doubt to have his head at the end of the year celebrations but probably did not expect to be caught in the corridors by Leonardo. It was after the meeting that the sporting director announced to the German the club’s decision to separate from him during this mid-season, six months before the expiration of his contract which bound him to PSG until June 2021. An interview between the two men which lasted nearly an hour and during which the tone rose according to the information provided by L’Équipe.
It was first a satisfied Thomas Tuchel who appeared in front of the press at the end of the match against Strasbourg. A coach satisfied with the performance of his players and surely with the short break ahead, time to breathe and recover to tackle a crucial second part of the season. At a pre-match press conference, the German technician expressed his wishes for 2021: recover a group in full and in shape. But to everyone’s surprise, it will not be him who will recover it in January while Mauricio Pochettino is expected to take control of the team in the coming days.
Caught up by Leonardo when the players had already almost all left the Parc des Princes, Thomas Tuchel learns that the PSG has decided to separate from him through the Brazilian leader. A decision taken by the club as indicated by a close friend of the German to L’Équipe: “Leo told her that the time had come to go their separate ways, that it was not linked to a particular motive but that it was an accumulation of things and that it was a decision of the club”.
Shaken up by what he learns, the former resident of Borussia Dortmund does not budge and the tone then rises between the two men in an interview which will last for nearly an hour still according to the intimate confessions of L ‘Team. At the end of this last tense exchange, Thomas Tuchel and his technical staff joined the Camp des Loges late and empty their lockers in a deserted training center. A brutal and chaotic farewell that follows a decision that we will then learn in the morning press.
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