At the basis of the construction of the first Paris Saint-Germain QSI version, Leonardo was an extremely important figure. But his Parisian adventure was not linear and was strewn with controversies, including this suspension in 2013 after a scuffle with referee Alexandre Castro, which seemed to signal the beginning of his end.
As soon as the Qatari investors arrived in Paris, a man was put in charge of the project. This is obviously Leonardowhich is without any doubt the face of the first PSG of QSI and who built the team with the recruitment of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva and later Mauro Icardi or even Keylor Navas.
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Leonardo has been out since 2022
His adventure PSG was done in two acts, with the first from 2011 to 2013 marked in particular by a one-year suspension for a shove on a referee and the second, from 2019 to 2022. Since then, we have not seen Leonardo in the world of football and he doesn’t seem to be in any real hurry to get back into it. “ I’m happy at home, I don’t really have any plans to return to football » explained the Italian-Brazilian on the microphone of TMW.
“After finishing with PSG, I decided that I would take another path”
This ending with the PSG seems to have had a profound impact on Leonardo, who also held coaching positions at Antalyaspor then technical director atAC Milan. « As a coach it’s certainly out of the question, but even as a sports director » assured the one who was replaced by Luis Campos in 2022. « After finishing with PSG, I decided that I would take another path which would certainly be that of football, because it is my life, but in a different way ».
