Paris Saint-Germain remain in contention on all fronts this season but replacement has a delicate balancing act to strike
“Am I still a manager or am I a politician in sport, a minister for sports?” Thomas Tuchel asked on the eve of his sacking by
Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday. “At its heart, I love the game and I can get this satisfaction in many ways as a manager … I only love
Football. And in a club like this, it is not always just football.”
Reconciling Thomas the politician and Thomas the coach has never been easy for Tuchel. One always seems to obstruct the other. After an acrimonious exit from Borussia Dortmund in 2017, the German manager departed PSG as the politician got the better of the coach once more.