Mercato – PSG: “The blow was tempted” with Pep Guardiola!

Mercato – PSG: “The blow was tempted” with Pep Guardiola!
Mercato – PSG: “The blow was tempted” with Pep Guardiola!
Thibault Morlain

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After trying to different sports, Thibault turns to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and journalist, the qualities have tipped the scales on one side. Here he is now within the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Communication Institute in .

This Wednesday evening, PSG won against Manchester City (4-2). Pep Guardiola will therefore not have found the solution to prevent the defeat of his family. If the Spaniard was thus on the bench of the Citizens for the occasion, one could have seen Guardiola on the other side and to be in command of the club of the capital. Indeed, in recent years, PSG would have tried several times to afford the 54 -year -old coach.

In 2011, by taking over PSG, Qatar immediately had the madness of grandeur. And it was not only the case with what was to attract large stars. Indeed, on the sidelines, the capital's club also wanted to have the best coaches. We could see Carlo Ancelotti or Laurent Blanc At the controls of PSG. It could very well have been the case with Pep Guardiola. Today at Manchester Citythe Spaniard has been approached several times.

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PSG approached Guardiola 3 times

It could never happen, but we could have seen Pep Guardiola as coach of PSG. According to information from Figarothe Parisian approaches would have been 3. The first dates back to when Antoine Kombouaré was still on the Parisian bench. The Spaniard was at the helm of FC Barcelona and while Leonardo et Nasser al-khelïfi exchanged with the clan Guardiolait did not materialize since the main interested party had decided to stay in Catalonia. In 2013, the PSG returned to the charge for Pep Guardiolabut the fact is that he had already engaged with the Bayern Munich.

“The opportunity was beautiful”

In 2019, the PSG Then tried his chance a third time with Pep Guardiola. Again, it ended a failure. A source within the capital's club also explained about this approach: “ The blow was tempted, the opportunity was beautiful and we had to position ourselves. Not doing it would have been not professional from us. But Guardiola quickly closed the door ».

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