When Mauricio Pochettino and Leonardo were swiped away by president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the media were knocking on Zinedine Zidane’s door, and after that tried to find who will be the next PSG manager. And only when Luis Campos came as a director somebody figured out that Christophe Galtier could be the candidate for the bench. After managing the famous Saint Etienne for several years, Galtier changed clubs and went to Lille, where he took the Ligue 1 title. He was not so succesfull with Nice, mainly due to the fact he didn’t get along with now already departed sporting director.Christophe Galtier: “The Neymar that I met is a very great professional, who prepares for the sessions which arrives very early who does not miss any session. It’s a set of things. There is an awareness of his part and his organization around him.” 🇧🇷🪄[via @Rothensenflamme] pic.twitter.com/FYnNLu16Dm— PSG Report (@PSG_Report) November 15, 2022 But there were still doubts when he took over the big PSG. Soon enough, he made everyone comfortable, the team is playing great, the Parisians are winning constantly, and the three headed monster Neymar – Mbappe – Messi is contained and ego’s are not damaging the team spirit. And he finally got the best of Neymar. So, after the Ligue 1 break started, it was time for Galiter to talk about his relationship with the Brazilian, Mbappe status and his experiences of working in a big club.”The Neymar that I met is a very great professional, who prepares for the trainings, who arrives very early, who does not miss any trainings. Neymar arrived on July 4, fit, ready. I did not speak to him right away. During the first ten days, I was very observant. The individual interviews were done in Japan. I told him that I was very happy to be his coach. That’s the first thing. Then I told him that I had read a lot of things, but that I was here without any preconceptions. I was going to judge on the spot. And fortunately. There is an awareness on his part and his organization around him. Obviously, there is also this World Cup objective. I think we were very clear with everyone, with Luis Campos when we took the team in hand: no one above the team. As I speak to you, there has not been a slippage” explained Galtier in an interwieve for RMC Sport.Mbappe wanted to leave PSG due to delay of one salaryAnd when somebody from PSG talks about the team spirit, one always must ask: and what about Kylian Mbappe, who is in the center of PSG project? Galtier denied that he has ‘special powers’.„He embodies the project, there can be no doubt. But when I say that he embodies the project, it is not that he is above the club. Kylian is at the same level as all the other players. On the same level as Leo Messi who has an incredible career, who is the greatest player in the history of football. Kylian is on the same level as Neymar” said PSG coach.Let’s keep them guessing: PSG boss Galtier announces a brand new tactical system for his table-topping teamAfter successfully managing average or bigger clubs, Galtier came to the biggest one in France – PSG. And he admitted he did expect media attention, but never in this magnitude, especially after an ‘ecology incident’, when he joked after a question why PSG players always use airplanes for travels and not trains.„On non-football topics, I knew there would be a lot of exposure in Paris. I don’t fear the relationship with the media. Everything is multiplied with PSG, everything is perhaps exaggerated. You have to write, make lines, make broadcasts, everything is controversial. But I didn’t think we would go that far. Under no circumstances. I would never have imagined that the question would be asked about ecology. I regret having made humor at that time. But at the National Assembly, there is a deputy who was humorous, she had imagined that I had a Lamborghini … I did not think there were going to be so many topics like that” said Galtier.##NAJAVA_MECA_6816262##
