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"He doesn't want to leave at all": can Christophe Galtier really stay at PSG?

5/28/2023, 6:20:33 PM

Highlights: After winning his first France league title with PSG, Christophe Galtier takes a moment to celebrate with his players. The Parisian is under contract with the French club until the end of the 2022-2023 season. He is the first player to win the French league title since Ligue 1 was founded in 1946. The last player to do so was Jean-Claude Van Damme, who won the title in 1968. The winner of this year's French title was PSG's Thomas Vermaelen, who beat Marseille 2-1.


After winning his first France league title with PSG on Saturday, the Paris coach, under contract until 2024, estimates

It is about 22:55 this Saturday in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin). While the Meinau stadium celebrates the maintenance of his club in Ligue 1, Christophe Galtier is away from all this turmoil. Cigarette in hand, laptop glued to his ear, as he is often used to after matches, the Parisian coach gives himself a little moment to him, before meeting his players in the dressing room, where a few bottles of champagne are uncorked to celebrate the title of champion of France. The Parisian coach relishes and lets explode his joy with his group, frantically banging on the dressing room table, won, like the others, by the atmosphere set by Presnel Kimpembe and Nordi Mukiele.

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