At the end of the first leg of the Ligue 1 season, Thomas Tuchel was thanked by his club Paris Saint-Germain, according to several media.
The German coach arrived in the capital in the 2018 offseason and led the Parisians to the Champions League final last August.
He had six months of contract left.
It is a real explosion that occurs the day after a large victory for Paris Saint-Germain against Strasbourg (4-0): Thursday, at the end of the morning, the Parisian club separated from its coach, the German coach Thomas Tuchel, as announced by the media Bild, RMC and
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Thanked at the end of the first leg of Ligue 1, he had been in office since the summer of 2018 and the departure of the Spaniard Unai Emery.
The German's contract expired in six months, at the end of the current season, his third at the club.
Have the results of the 2020-2021 financial year played against him?
The club is admittedly qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League against Barcelona, but it is only 3rd in Ligue 1, behind Lyon and Lille.
Increasing tension
For several months, the tension had risen crescendo between the German coach and his leaders, foremost among them the club's sporting director, Leonardo.
"In a club like this, it's not always fair football," he told German media Sport 1 on Wednesday before the match against Strasbourg.
How to explain the timing of this departure, immediately after a large victory and the end of a grueling series of matches every three days, which saw the workforce decimated by injuries?
It is perhaps this winter break, with several days of rest, which allows the management of Paris Saint-Germain to make a change of coach.
The resumption for Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and their teammates and scheduled for January 3.
Double champion of France with Paris
At the head of the Parisian club, Thomas Tuchel had notably succeeded in reaching the final of the Champions League last August, lost to Bayern Munich (0-1).
Thomas Tuchel leaves Paris with a rich track record for two and a half seasons spent at the club: two French championships (2019, 2020), a French Cup (2020), a League Cup (2020), two Champions Trophies ( 2018, 2019).