Thomas Tuchel was dismissed as head coach of Paris Saint-Germain on Christmas Eve as the team was fresh out of a 4-0 victory over Racing Strasbourg. Mauricio Pochettino has since been strongly linked with taking up the position of the manager at Paris, having been out of a job for a year now, with Spurs having been his last project.
It was Tuchel who welcomed Kylian Mbappe to the club after an impressive breakthrough at Monaco. The Frenchman took to Instagram to pay tribute to his now-former coach. Here is what he had to say:
‘It is sadly the law of football. Nobody will forget your time here. You wrote a wonderful part of the club’s history and I say to you: “thank you, coach.”‘
The former Dortmund coach led Paris to their first-ever Champions League final and almost won the trophy only falling short to Bayern Munich in the final.
Despite the tribute being posted publicly by Mbappe, the player is rumoured to have had trouble communicating with his coach and that Sporting Director Leonardo had to get the pair to talk things out to make the partnership work.
There is also speculation that Mbappe will be more interested in signing a new contract with Paris Saint-Germain after the departure of Tuchel.
