A friend, a confidant, a deputy, a shadow: this is how Joaquin Valdés Fonseca could be described.
A personality that Paris, PSG and its fans discovered this summer when Luis Enrique took his place on the bench of the capital club.
In his suitcases, as always since 2008, the former coach of the Spanish Roja had carefully stored his most faithful lieutenant.
An indispensable member of all his staffs, from his beginnings at Barça B (2008-11) to Paris via Roma (2011-12), Celta Vigo (2013-14), the great Barça (2014-17) and the Spain team (2018-22).
But who, nevertheless, does not have field expertise since Joaquin Valdés is a sports psychologist.
“I bring my grain of sand,” explained the person concerned in 2022 on Twitch, during the World Cup in Qatar, alongside Luis Enrique.
And it is no less important than that of any other member of staff or medical services.
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