Low-key alibi story or super-efficient old-school teacher to calm down those millionaires from the locker room: PSG are ready to spend 10,000,000 euros for Christophe Galtier.Although the sweet dreams of Zinedine Zidane’s arrival didn’t seem so surreal, the former Real Madrid coach has obviously distanced himself from the Saints. His next station is the Les Bleus dugout after Didier Deschamps leave the national team in the aftermath of the FIFA World Cup.So, who cares? The club is itching to find some superstar name to replace Mauricio Pochettino, it must have thought PSG fans, thinking of Conte, Allegri…The Zidane hire is for the headlines, but the ’love story’ between Campos and Galtier is the real dealBut, at the end of the day, they’ll have to settle with none other than Christophe Galtier. An unknown homemade French tactician whose incredibly long spell with Saint-Etienne and that shockingly surprising title with Lille a season ago make the basis of his coaching CV. But how will this low-profile boss impose a necessary authority in the Paris Saint-Germain locker room, packed with superstars and billionaires like Messi, Neymar and, since recently, more-than-a-genuine-player Mbappe?‘If PSG want him, they must not delay’Obviously, new sports director Luis Campos, who collaborated with Galtier at Lille, believes his man-management skills are second-to-none. The board trusted him, too, so Galtier will probably be presented as the new coach within next week, The Athletic reports on Monday.TUE: 02.00: (2.90) SAO PAULO (3.10) PALMEIRAS (2.63)”He is honest, he thinks a lot about the team, he knows how to curb vanities, how to talk to young players, and how to talk both in front of directors and in front of the team. He knows how to give us self-confidence, to take into account small details, to listen, to hear what is happening to someone in the family, ” explains Ivorian winger Max Gradel, who played for Galtier back at Saint-Etienne.
