We could be wrong.
But if he were to one day stop being a football coach, it is doubtful that Thomas Tuchel, 47, would embrace a career as a diplomat.
The content and timing of his last release at the microphone of Sky, the German channel, Tuesday evening on the eve of RB Leipzig-PSG, once again disconcerted observers.
When asked whether an extension of his contract with PSG, which ends on June 30, was topical, his response burst out: "There have been no discussions to date and, after all this that I have accomplished here, all options are open to me, he said.
But, at some point, you have to stop dreaming.
We'll see.
"
The German coach is telling the truth.
To date, the capital club has not submitted any proposal to him to extend his contract, and Leonardo, the club's sporting director, has never come to him to suggest that he start negotiations.
It was not relevant before confinement, and the excellent course of PSG in the Champions League with a finalist place in the key, last August, did not change the situation.
That said, and if we follow his reasoning, Tuchel does not completely close the door to PSG - "All options are open for me" - but it is to better close it in the process.
By admitting that he has no illusions about his future in Paris - "At some point, you have to stop dreaming" - he officially records the current divorce with his employer.
His entourage also got used to the idea that this is the third and last season of the German in the French capital.
It is not by chance that Tuchel made this declaration in his native country.
As if he was sending a thinly veiled message to future clubs who could look into his CV.
Leonardo does not hide a lack of feeling with Tuchel
In fact, the native of Krumbach has perfectly measured the deterioration of his relations with Leonardo, and knows that a return to grace is almost impossible.
Even very positive results, and a possible victory in the Champions League, would not help him.
Throughout the summer, the Brazilian sports director did not hide from some of his interlocutors his lack of feeling with his coach.
This deficit of hooked atoms turned into strong distrust after Tuchel's exit on the recruits who did not arrive at the beginning of October, and was further reinforced with the reversal of the positions on the field of Marquinhos and Danilo Pereira.
Football sometimes reserves unexpected twists and turns.
We cannot totally exclude that Leonardo, often unpredictable, leaves the club with his coach.
But this is not the trend for the coming months even if, in his exchanges, the Parisian sports director does not promise anything to his interlocutors beyond the current season.
It is clear that Tuchel was chosen by Doha in 2018 but, today, it is the Brazilian who is pulling the strings.
And he is ready to cut, or in any case not to stretch, the one that still connects the German to PSG.