Former Barcelona and Spain coach Luis Enrique has been appointed as the brand new coach of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on a two-year deal, the French champion introduced on Wednesday.
The 53-year-old, who had been a free agent since being sacked as Spain coach final December, replaces Christophe Galtier after his departure from the membership was confirmed earlier within the day.
Luis Enrique was unveiled by PSG at a press convention alongside the Qatar-backed membership’s president Nasser al-Khelaifi at their model new coaching advanced in Poissy, to the north-west of the French capital.
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“I’m delighted to be joining Paris in order to enjoy a new experience,” Luis Enrique mentioned in a membership assertion.
“It’s so exciting to meet new people, to live in this city, to learn a new language and, above all, to manage PSG.”
The new coach, whose full identify is Luis Enrique Martinez Garcia, is the eighth man to steer the membership because the transformative Qatari takeover of 2011 and, like these earlier than him, will likely be charged with bringing it the success within the Champions League that has to this point proved elusive.
PSG has by no means gained Europe’s most prestigious membership competitors, coming closest when it misplaced within the last to Bayern Munich in 2020.
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It has gone out within the final 16 in 5 of the final seven seasons, shedding to Bayern at that stage within the marketing campaign simply completed. That defeat proved pricey for Galtier.
Luis Enrique arrives with pedigree within the Champions League, having gained it as coach of Barcelona in 2015 when an excellent group led by an assault of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez beat Juventus within the last.
He now joins a membership starting its newest rebuild following the departure of Messi on the finish of his two-year keep.
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Enrique dropped at an finish a three-year keep at Barca in 2017 after which turned Spain coach in 2018.
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However, he give up in June 2019 and introduced the loss of life of his nine-year-old daughter from bone most cancers two months later.
He returned to the Spain submit in November of that yr, retaking the reins from Robert Moreno, and took La Roja to the Euro 2020 semifinals and the 2021 UEFA Nations League last earlier than being fired after their elimination from final yr’s World Cup within the final 16 in a penalty shoot-out towards Morocco.
Galtier had solely been in cost for one season and nonetheless had a yr to run on his contract, however his departure had been anticipated ever because the finish of the final Ligue 1 season a month in the past.
“Paris Saint-Germain and Christophe Galtier have decided to terminate his contract as coach of the first team,” the membership mentioned in a press release.
“Everyone at Paris Saint-Germain thanks Christophe Galtier, as well as his assistants Thierry Oleksiak and Joao Sacramento, for their professionalism and commitment over the course of the season, and wishes them the best in their future careers.”
Galtier led PSG to a French document eleventh title however that success was additionally overshadowed by its disappointing exit from the Champions League and a French Cup last-16 loss to Marseille.
The last weeks of Galtier’s reign have been additionally marred by accusations that he made racist remarks about gamers throughout his earlier job at Nice.
He has vehemently denied the accusations however will stand trial in December on fees of “moral harassment and discrimination on the grounds of actual or supposed membership or non-membership of a particular ethnic group, nation, alleged race or religion”, in response to prosecutors in Nice.
The offences are punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a forty five,000-euro ($49,000) advantageous.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com