Named, Friday, “sports advisor” of the club, the Portuguese succeeds the Brazilian Leonardo, the ex-sports director.
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If no formalization has intervened to act the departure of Brazilian Leonardo, the sports director of Paris-Saint-Germain, the football club announced, Friday, June 10, the arrival of the Portuguese Luis Campos as “Football Advisor “. In fact, the latter will be responsible for “the organization, recruitment and performance of the professional team”, that is, roughly, what Leonardo did.
For Luis Campos to “help the team to cross a new level”, as the club press release specifies, while PSG has still failed, during the past season, to win on The European scene, eliminated from the knockout stages of the Champions League by Real Madrid.
“I am very happy to join Paris-Saint-Germain, which I consider as the most ambitious and exciting club in the world of football. We share the same vision, a vision in which I firmly believe, and I Consumer to start working to develop the exceptional potential of the club, “said Luis Campos, quoted in a press release from PSG.
57 years old, the latter is renowned for both his strong character and his competence: he was one of the craftsmen of the French monaco champion titles in 2017 and Lille in 2021.
Close to Kylian Mbappé whom he has known since his Monegasque years, Luis Campos will have to reshuffle the Parisian workforce, the relief of certain players and above all define a more coherent policy than his predecessor Leonardo, removed on the evening of the extension until ‘In 2025 by Kylian Mbappé.
First file, the coach
His first hot file could be that of the PSG coach while the recovery is scheduled for early July, with a summer tour in Japan scheduled from July 20 to 25. The future of Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, on the bench for a season and a half, remains uncertain.
Several media reported on Friday that the capital’s club was close to an agreement with Zinedine Zidane, free from any contract since his departure from Real Madrid at the end of the 2020-2021 season.
PSG refused to confirm or deny information. A source close to club management has put into perspective from AFP that such an agreement was acquired. Joined by L’Equipe, Alain Migliaccio, historic advisor to Zinedine Zidane, said that “all these circulating noises are unfounded”. “To date, I am the only person admitted to representing and advising Zinédine Zidane. Neither Zinedine Zidane, nor myself have been contacted directly by the owner of PSG,” he added.