The 52 -year -old Brazilian leader was on the hot seat. The Portuguese Luis Campos is expected to take over in this position.
Le Monde with AFP
The sports director of Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG), Leonardo, was dismissed on Saturday May 21, after the last match of the club’s club season, according to a source knowing the file confirming information from Several media.
The dismissal of the 52-year-old Brazilian leader, in office since 2019, comes a few hours after the extension until 2025 of the Kylian Mbappé contract, announced before the evening against Metz (5-0).
The celebrations of the tenth national title barely finished, the broadcaster Prime Video, RMC, France Bleu Paris, Le Parisien and the Team relayed the PSG decision to separate from one of its key men.
Large maneuvers
The club chaired by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, invigorated by the commitment on the medium term of his star attacker, launched great maneuvers to give back a second breath to his sports project.
It was the second pass as a sports director of “Leo”, who had already held these functions between 2011 and 2013. The Brazilian was also a player at PSG, from 1996 to 1997. His name was on the hot seat since Several weeks, like that of coach Mauricio Pochettino, who could also pack his bags, despite his current contract until 2023.
Leonardo notably contributed to bringing the Argentine superstar Lionel Messi in the summer of 2021. But his aura has suffered from the disappointing season of Parisians, eliminated from the Champions League from the knockout stages of the competition, after a New “Rontada”, from Real Madrid (1-0, 1-3) during the return match of this confrontation.
The Portuguese Luis Campos, passed in particular by Lille and Monaco, where he rubbed shoulders with Kylian Mbappé, could take over the position of sports director, according to several media.