During his broadcast Rothen ignites this Monday on RMC, Jérôme Rothen returned to the opinion of Christophe Galtier, who estimated on Saturday “deserve” a second season at PSG. For the consultant, the technician had his chance but failed to obtain the expected results and especially to show his paw.
Christophe Galtier wants to make a second season at PSG. Under contract until June 2024, the Parisian technician even estimated on Saturday evening, after the title won in Ligue 1, that he deserved to stay next year. An opinion that Jérôme Rothen does not share.
“When you have a workforce like PSG, there must be clearer outlines than this year”
During his broadcast Rothen ignites this Monday on RMC, the consultant judged that the “finding was terrible” for Christophe Galtier. “Yes, he’s a champion, but has being champion today for PSG unfortunately not become commonplace? Like their party in Strasbourg, I think it’s becoming commonplace in the eyes of everyone. world: the players, the leaders, and especially the supporters, commented the former Parisian player. It’s serious, but we minimize the title of champion.”
“And so behind, what makes it possible to say that the coach has brought interesting things? It’s the style he has, the typical team he puts in place… When you have a squad like that of PSG, there must be clearer outlines than this year, continued Rothen. There is no typical team, no style. At the start of the season we were told ‘we are going to defend at three’, then we went back to four, we came back to three midfielders, sometimes to four midfielders… He tested a lot of things. But when you test so many with these players, it’s only after one moment you lose control, and it showed in the game.”
Champion of France for the 11th time in its history, PSG obtained a historic coronation, becoming the most successful club in the hexagonal elite. Except that the Galtier team experienced elimination in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Bayern Munich.
“You had your chance but you don’t deserve to stay”
The second part of the season, post-World Cup, was very complicated for the Parisians: “We can redo the balance sheet. (…) There have been nine defeats in the last 27 games. A defeat every three games, noted the “ex-French international. When your name is PSG, it’s inconceivable. And then there are the victories and unfortunately for Christophe Galtier, he never had very clear choices, he protected the statutes… has only one controlled victory: 3-0 in Marseille. The rest of the time, even against Angers, Troyes, Ajaccio, he lacked control, at times.”
At a press conference on Saturday evening, Christophe Galtier praised his record when the question of “merit” for a second season was asked: “Yes I deserve it because I gave it my all in this season, with a lot of energy. We knew, I knew how to stay the course in very, very difficult times, both on a personal and professional level.
For several weeks, several names have been circulating around PSG for the coaching position next season. If nothing has yet been recorded, the trend seems to be a departure for Galtier. “I’m sorry Christophe, you missed out on your year, concluded Jérôme Rothen. At all levels. You had your chance, but you don’t deserve to stay at Paris Saint-Germain. Afterwards, I think that he’ll bounce somewhere else. He deserves it too.”