Luis Enrique, two more years at PSG
It was an open secret. The good harmony between Nasser Al Khelaifi, Luis Campos and Luis Enrique was more than obvious. As a result, an agreement was reached that the Spanish coach would remain in Paris for at least two more seasons.. “Luis Enrique is the best,” said the PSG president. The same phrase was used by the Portuguese sports director: “He is wonderful, very good and a special coach.” Everything is fine with Luis Enrique at PSG.
These kind words culminated in the Asturian coach shaking hands with him and asking him to continue working as Parisian coach until 2027. Luis Enrique managed to have a great first year in the city of light. PSG won the treble of Ligue 1, French Cup and French Super Cup in 2023–24. The Champions League continued to oppose them, although they reached the semi-finals of the European tournament. The curse of the posts against Dortmund.
Luis Enrique has said enough in recent months, especially since Mbappe’s departure, that he is building a team and that the most important thing is the group, not the individual.. The way he managed Mbappe’s breaks last season and the Dembele affair have strengthened his position in the eyes of fans and management. PSG have succumbed to the skills of Luis Enrique. And that the group formed by the Spaniard is capable of winning the long-awaited Champions League.
Both sides were doomed to understand each other, since Luis Enrique has confirmed that he has been delighted with PSG since his arrival in Paris in 2023, with the club deciding to hand over the reins of the project to him. create a team in which the collective prevails over the individual. With Mbappe’s departure in June, the Galacticos project, launched by Qatar in 2011, is already history. The star has now become a coach.
Without external pressure to win the Champions League, The great goal that Luis Enrique sees is to make his PSG even more similar to his idea of the game. In two seasons so far, he has managed to get all the players to row in unison and absorb the Asturian coach’s one-touch style of play. His extension for two seasons is confirmation that, finally, after years of missing him, Paris Saint-Germain has a coherent project.
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