Antonio Conte at PSG? This is the new little music of the moment after a catastrophic season from all points of view that will sound the death knell for the Mauricio Pochettino experience. As advertised The Parisian at the end of last week, the Italian tactician at the head of Tottenham would not be insensitive to the PSG project and he would have already made it known to his contacts in Qatar. As a man of challenge, he would have seen himself kicking his ass a few times to shake up a group not always fond of effort and who like to self-manage according to their desires. From this point of view, therefore, it is not the job that is lacking.
But to achieve this – if PSG are interested, which does not necessarily seem to be the case at the moment – Antonio Conte would like to have a free hand to carry out his mission (suicide?). A luxury that no Parisian coach has been granted since the takeover of the club by Qatar in the summer of 2011. According to RMC, in addition to a massive salary of 30 million euros, the former coach of the Squadra Azzurra would like to come with all of his staff and choose his sports director himself. The idea is to have control over sports policy and summer recruitment. The name of the former DS of Roma, Gianluca Petrachi has been mentioned in recent hours.
Is PSG ready for such a revolution?
In the end, these demands do not seem so disproportionate since, knowing the character and methods of Conte – who once declared that he would rather kill his player than see him give 50% in training – this project could only work with players ready to invest themselves thoroughly. His arrival in Paris would then mean the starting signal for a certain number of players in the current squad. Aware of the club’s shortcomings in many areas, the ex-Juventini would also like to recruit staff to supervise the players and bring discipline to the Parisian summer camp.
RMC mentions in particular a person in charge of controlling the management of the social networks of the players, Conte having horror of those he calls “Instagram players”, too numerous for his taste in modern football. In view of the filthy season of PSG and the laxity displayed by certain stars of the locker room (Ney, Leo, we are talking about you, there), the profile of Conte would at least have the merit of stimulating a real revolution. But, for the time being, the profile of the Italian would not be unanimous on the side of Doha according to our colleagues from Parisian. The club has also not directly contacted the Spurs coach, who has one year of contract left on the London side.