Mercato – Wanted by Manchester United, can Mauricio Pochettino (Paris Saint-Germain) really leave the ship at sea?

After a suspicious silence, Pochettino quietly denied the rumors that sent him to Tottenham this summer: “I will not deny all the rumours, Did he justify himself after weeks on France Bleu Paris antennas. I was under contract with PSG and if there are other clubs interested, they should contact PSG.What is certain is that the relationship between Pochettino, the former captain and favorite of the Parc des Princes, and PSG is not as close as one would have hoped.

Blur, blur and more blur

He wasn’t very expansive at a press conference, never reassured about his future in the short, medium or long term, and the information leakage through the channel is so great that it seems hard not to see it as a company. Like all current coaches, Pochettino cannot clarify his intentions. On the other hand, the long interview with our colleagues from L’Equipe last Friday raised doubts about his future. In the interview, Pochettino did not stop looking for excuses, referring in particular to the environment of PSG, to justify the average collective performance of his team.

Selected pieces:They didn’t come looking for us to build a project“,”We have to deal with feelings, not only our own but also the feelings of the players, staff, club members and fans. without compromising economic interests. “A way to clear customs by highlighting the Parisian structure. So has the link weakened? A coach with a definite identity at Tottenham, has Pochettino already had enough? Bored? Perhaps. But perhaps the problem does not arise with these terms anyway not at the moment, If PSG has tasted a bit of media output for its coach, it is hard to imagine today giving in to his potential desire to join Manchester.

There is no way to lose face

If there’s one thing Qataris can’t stand it, it’s losing face. And all the money in the world will not be enough for Manchester United to steal their coach during the season. Paris has already shown its stubbornness on more inflammatory issues, and Neymar and Mbappe’s desires soon clash in Doha. If the stakes are lower for Pochettino, he remains, whatever he says, the guarantor of the project.

Of course, the arrival of Zinedine Zidane will ease the camouflage that Paris suffers in the event of a quick departure from Pochettino. But there are so many hypotheses in this group of musical chairs that one should caution, for the time being, against giving it more attention than it deserves. This sequence still tells us that Pochettino, like Thomas Tuchel before him, may not have had as much freedom as he would have liked in the capital. No doubt he will have to settle it at least until the summer.