Football hammer on Christmas Eve: PSG fires coach Thomas Tuchel - successor should already be determined

A bang at Christmas!

Paris Saint-Germain apparently parted ways with his German coach Thomas Tuchel shortly before Christmas Eve.

A successor for the ex-BVB coach should already be determined.

• Thomas Tuchel: Paris Saint-Germain

  separates

  from his German coach

  the night before

  Christmas Eve

  and

  Christmas

  .

• The former coach of

  Borussia Dortmund

  only narrowly missed

  the

  Champions League victory

  in the final against

  FC Bayern Munich

  in the summer

  .

• According to a media report,

  Mauricio Pochettino should be

  his successor at

  PSG

  .

Update from December 24th, 6.30 p.m

.: The

confirmation of the separation between

PSG

and the German coach

Thomas Tuchel is

still missing from

Paris

.

The French series champion

Paris Saint-Germain

did not confirm the matching media reports on Christmas Eve either on its website or via social media on Twitter.

As the always well-informed French sports newspaper

L'Equipe

writes,

PSG sports director Leonardo

Coach

Tuchel

is said to have

informed

Coach

Tuchel

about his sacking after the 4-0 win against Racing Strasbourg on Wednesday evening.

The Argentine

Mauricio Pochettino

(formerly Tottenham Hotspur) is

traded

as a possible

successor

.

Paris Saint-Germain: Mauricio Pochettino to succeed Thomas Tuchel at PSG?

Update from December 24th, 12:10 p.m.:

Spectacular news from

France

:

Thomas Tuchel

is no longer the coach of

Paris Saint-Germain

.

Several media outlets

agree

on

Christmas Eve

.

Bad Football Business!

And not only that: As the always well-informed French radio show

RMC

reports, a successor for the German coach has already been determined: the Argentine

Mauricio Pochettino

.

Accordingly, the Paris bosses would currently

work out the details of an engagement

with the former team manager of

Tottenham Hotspur

.

The 48-year-old

Pochettino

had surprisingly led the Londoners to the

Champions League final

against Liverpool and

Jürgen Klopp

in the 2018/19 season

(0: 2).

In November he had to leave Spurs because of poor results in the Premier League, coach superstar José Mourinho took over his job.

Thomas Tuchel

is now looking for a job

.

+

Led Tottenham Hotspur to the Champions League final in 2019: Mauricio Pochettino.

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First report from December 24th:

Munich / Paris - football hammer in

France

!

And that just before

Christmas Eve

and

Christmas

!

As several media report unanimously, the French series champion

Paris Saint-Germain has separated

from his German trainer

Thomas Tuchel

.

Thomas Tuchel fired: Paris Saint-Germain separates from ex-BVB coach

The former coach of

Bundesliga

giant Borussia Dortmund

had recently

complained

in an interview about the alleged lack of recognition of his services by

PSG

.

Spectacular: On Wednesday evening, the capital city club under

Tuchel had

furiously won 4-0 against relegation

candidate

Racing Strasbourg

.

But the victory

apparently came too late

for

Tuchel

.

Table Ligue 1, after 17 matchdays	Points
1. Olympique Lyon	36
2. Lille OSC	36
3. Paris Saint-Germain	35
4. Rennes Stadium	31
5th Olympique Marseille	28

Paris Saint-Germain is

playing

a mixed 2020/21 season

after losing the

Champions League final

against

FC Bayern Munich

(0: 1) in August.

Just before Christmas Eve and Christmas: PSG parted ways with Thomas Tuchel

In

Ligue 1

, there were already four defeats.

PSG, which became

French champions in 2019 and 2020 and cup winners in 2020

under

Tuchel

, is currently in third place - one point behind leaders

Olympique Lyon

and

OSC Lille

with ex-FC Bayern star Renato Sanches.

Shortly before being thrown out,

Tuchel

had shown himself

sobered in an interview.

"We never had the feeling that we have now convinced people and that they recognize our performance," said the 47-year-old Schwabe

Sport1

: "It sometimes makes you a little sad or angry."

Thomas Tuchel: Ex-BVB coach probably had differences with PSG sports director Leonardo

Again and again there were

public differences

between the former

Bundesliga

coach of

FSV Mainz 05

and

Borussia Dortmund

with

PSG sports director Leonardo

.

As the French sports newspaper

L'Equipe

writes, the Brazilian

Tuchel

informed him

about the breakup

the night after the clear victory against Strasbourg and before

Christmas Eve

. As of noon on Thursday, December 24th, 12 noon, the club had not yet officially commented on the reports. (pm)