A priori, Julian Nagelsmann will not be the next Parisian coach. THILO SCHMUELGEN / PANORAMIC
According to information from L’Équipe and various other sources, the 35-year-old German technician will not be Christophe Galtier’s successor in Paris.
Julian Nagelsmann at the gates of Paris? According to various sources, the 35-year-old German technician was on pole to take over from Christophe Galtier on the club’s bench for 11 French championship titles. He is no longer. Even if they take all possible verbal precautions, our colleagues from The Team put an end to this trail. “It’s probably the end of the soap opera“, they explain this Friday evening, except to imagine”a turnaround“.
The sports daily specifies that the two parties have decided, by mutual agreement, to put an end to their discussions. All before slipping that the Red and Blue will now “focus on the second folder, whose identity has not filtered“.
Motta, plan B?
In recent weeks, the names of Luis Enrique (free), Xabi Alonso (Leverkusen) or even José Mourinho (AS Roma) have been mentioned here and there. Without forgetting the Zinedine Zidane dream (free)… According to Report, it is however Thiago Motta who would now act as the favorite. Based in Bologna, ninth in the Serie A standings at the end of the past season, the former Parisian midfielder has regularly been announced in the sights of the capital club, and especially of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi.
Dismissed by Bayern Munich in March, a few weeks after … qualification for C1 against PSG, Nagelsmann previously coached Hoffenheim and Leipzig. Remember that Galtier, for a time, seemed close to taking the reins of Naples. It was finally another Frenchman, Rudi Garcia, who hit the jackpot and will succeed Luciano Spalletti on the bench of the Italian champions.