RIt is still difficult to gauge the damage caused to PSG by the Real Madrid comeback at the Bernabu and the team’s elimination in the round of 16 Champions League. What has been confirmed BRAND is that the changes that are coming have nothing to do with Nasser al Khelaifi, the president of the club, who is still in Qatar the strong man of the French institution, as well as the rest of the projects he is in charge of both in the Arab country and in the different sports institutions in European football. From Paris they insist that the position of the Qatari leader has not been questioned at any time.
Al Khelaifi, who has remained in France since he returned from Madrid as soon as the defeat at the Bernabu was consummated, will therefore be the one in charge once again of the next sporting changes. The club must still clarify its next sports model and it is well known that the future of Leonardo as sports director and Pochettino on the bench they are more up in the air than ever.
The sports director returned to the club after a first stage to replace Antero Henry, but some of his latest decisions have been questioned from Paris. As to Pochettino, neither of the two parties is very clear if they want to continue together. The coach has one year left on his contract, so if he really feels strong enough to continue leading the ship, the club could only prevent him by terminating the remaining year.
However, Al Khelaifi remains a strong man in the state of Qatar to the point that he was appointed Minister without Portfolio to assume various responsibilities assigned to him by the Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Zani. He is also president of country investment fund (QSI)which took ownership of the French club in 2011, a member of the Qatar sovereign wealth fund (QIA), as well as president of the communication group Bein Media Group. His influence on world football has also grown in recent years as a member of the UEFA Executive Committeepresident of the ECA (European Club Association) after Agnelli’s departure due to the Superliga. Qatar is not going to undo the entire project and its position in the European football establishments due to the defeat at the Bernabu. The idea, on the other hand, is to continue looking for the formula to take a final leap that culminates in the long-awaited Champions League, but in Paris and Doha they have already assumed that this could take years.
Regarding the template, the club is still awaiting Kylian Mbapp’s decision. The player has no obligation to communicate anything to the club since he is in the last year of his contract, but it is expected that given the very special relationship with Al Khelaifi himself, any movement is communicated given that the club could launch itself on the market as soon as it knows that the player is not going to renew his contract. However, according to The team after the defeat at the Bernabu and MARCA has been able to confirm, at the Parque de los Prncipes they continue without giving up on the player and waiting for a decision one way or the other. Striker Environment Sources they have also denied MARCA that the player signed for the white club before the tie with Real Madrid.
Despite this latest bump, in the club they believe that the path is still the right one and it is the one that has allowed the French entity to take another international dimension since they landed in 2011, until reaching a Champions League final and a semifinal, and if they manage to reach the Ligue 1 this season, there will already be 27 titles in the showcase in these ten years, a figure unthinkable before Qatar arrived at the club.
