Architect of the Parisian team in the wake of the takeover of PSG by Qatar, Leonardo made his return in 2019 before being fired and replaced by Luis Campos in 2022. Since then, the Brazilian has been missing and should no longer return to the world of Football.
Leonardo visited the offices of the PSG. When launching the project QSI with the purchase of the Parisian club by Qatari investors in the summer of 2011 until 2013. Builder of the sports section and the hard core of the Paris Saint–GermainLeonardo made his return to the capital in the summer of 2019, replacing Antero Henrique at the head of sports management.
“I have no intention of returning to football”
From, Leonardo does not hold any position in the world of football. And that suits the former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder very well. “I’m comfortable at home, I don’t intend to return to football like before. As a coach, that’s out of the question. But not as a sports director either. After finishing with PSG, I decided to take another path, which will certainly be in football, because it is my life, but in a different way.”
“Time will tell a little later”
In comments reported by Our Mondial during the sports festival in Italy, Leonardo affirms to let time do its work. “Football is changing, the owners, the managers, the players and the coaches. When I say that I will no longer be a sports director, it is because I am perhaps a sports director in the classic way, perhaps, that I see myself in this new football in a different way. Time will tell a little later. Football is evolving.”
