Unlike other clubs in Ligue 1, Rennes are an attractive club, with lots of promising youngsters and players who are capable of fighting for the Champions League spot. They are currently five points away from that spot and are not so easy to deal with, but still, sports journalists were interested to know only two things ahead of PSG – Rennes game: will Kylian Mbappe leave the club and will Zinedine Zidane succeed Mauricio Pochettino.There has been a lot of rumours pointing #Zidane to #PSG. PSG’s current manager #Pochettino has now commented on this, and he hasn’t made it any clearer he will stay😳 “I don’t know, it’s not up to me to decide. Zidane is a great coach, that’s for sure. Also, he is French.” pic.twitter.com/V8rThOFrDG— FootballNotified (@FBNotified) February 11, 2022 Both topics are old, to be honest, and the Mbappe transfer is dragging for months now, but since the duel between PSG and Real Madrid is only 4 days away, and since it is expected that the Frenchman will publically announce his decision after the tie with the Spanish giants, journalists have started to ask questions (again). Pochettino’s future is (again) in doubt, as the Argentinian is in the spotlight over a potential Manchester United role after the season. There are some speculations that he could even get the sack if PSG loses the Champions League duel with Real. Arab owners don’t want another Cup or title trophy, they want the Champions League. And if Pochettino doesn’t deliver, they believe Zinedine Zidane will.Now that is what you call a transfer bomb! Real and Mbappe strike a deal – 56 million USD a yearPoch was very cool about it at the press conference and answered the questions about his future.“It’s not for me to decide. But Zidane is a great coach, he showed it in Madrid and he can coach any team in the world. Besides, he’s French. But I don’t know not, it would rather be a question for our sporting director or our president. When Zidane was in Madrid, how many rumors did I see from England… When you work at a club like PSG, you know that everything else comes with the job. And you have to accept it, otherwise it’s is unlivable” said the Argentinian.And so it starts: Players wants Poch, Ragnick prefers Ten Hag as the new coachNext on the agenda was a never ending saga of Kylian Mbappe’s transfer away from PSG and the Parisians coach thinks that the youngster will decide about it after the Real match.“I don’t think such an important decision will go through a match or a tie. He is an intelligent, mature boy, with a tremendous capacity for analysis, and always knows what he wants for his career and his future. With people around him advising him in the best way… I don’t think that’s the case. I see him calm, focused on doing the best possible for PSG as he said. You have to respect him and he will make a decision after the tie is over. Hopefully he spends his entire career at PSG, which would be a very good sign for us and the club. For me he is a player who is in the top five of the world without any doubt” said Pochettino.Ramos injured again, the French suspect he is thinking of retirementThe player himself gave an update last week, after a 5-1 victory over Lille.”My decision has not been made. Playing against Real Madrid changes a lot of things. Even if I am free to do what I want at home. Right now, I’m not going to talk to the opponent or do any kind of thing. I’m focused on winning against Real Madrid, trying to make the difference. And then we’ll see what happens” said Mbappe to Amazon Prime.Ahead of Rennes game, Neymar and Sergio Ramos are absent. Abdou Diallo and Idrissa Gueye, who returned to Paris on Thursday after their CAN title with Senegal, are too fair. Danilo is suspended. Ander Herrera is aiming for a recovery on Sunday as Edouard Michut and Alexandre Letellier continue their Covid protocol. Georginio Wijnaldum and Leandro Paredes, who resumed training on Thursday, are there.LIGUE 1 ROUND 24Friday23:00 Paris Saint-Germain – Stade RennaisSaturday19:00 Montpellier – Lille OSC23:00 Olympique Lyonnais – OGC NiceSunday 15:00 AS Monaco – Lorient17:00 Angers – Strasbourg17:00 Clermont Foot 63 – Saint-Étienne17:00 FC Nantes – Stade de Reims17:00 Stade Brestois 29 – Troyes19:05 RC Lens – Bordeaux22:45 Metz – Olympique de Marseille
