Izuchukwu OkosiChristophe Galtier has been appointed as the new head coach of Paris Saint-Germain following the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday reports Prime Business Africa.
Galtier arrives Paris on a contract until the summer of 2024 and will be expected to win the UEFA Champions League for the billionaires.
Pochettino and other PSG coaches before him had all won the domestic trebles but were unable to get their hands on the European title.
Pochettino’s sack had been agreed in principle between the PSG hierarchy and the Argentine coach but was never made official until Tuesday. With the termination of his contract settled, PSG had went in search of a new manager.
A tweet by the club on Pochettino’s departure read thus:
“Paris Saint-Germain confirm that Mauricio Pochettino has ended his role at the Club.
“The Club would like to thank Mauricio Pochettino and his staff for their work and wish them the best for the future.”
Galtier in his first interview with the media on Tuesday revealed that new Sporting Director Luis Campos was key in his decision to accept the offer.
“Campos’ presence was decisive. I accepted PSG job with a lot of humility but with great determination.
“We all have to work together to make people happy. Alone it is difficult but together we are much stronger.
“I have spoken with Luis Campos to convince players to join us. I have total confidence. It’s a job of passion.
“There is no better place than PSG to win trophies,” said Galtier as he reflected the mood of the club owners.
The French Ligue 1 season will begin in the first week of August 2022.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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