Still Disturbed, Pochettino Dilirik OGC Nice
JAKARTA - Mauricio Pochettino is currently still unemployed since being released from the position of coach Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in July 2022. However, the Argentine is said to have no long time to return to his role in Ligue 1 France.
Quoted from Football Espana, Wednesday, Pochettino has received an offer from PSG rival club OGC Nice. This follows the club's old coach, flow Favre is under pressure.
Nice recorded a bad performance at the start of the season. They lost four of Ligue 1's eight opening games which put the team in 13th position in the standings.
The same source said that Pochettino and Nice would soon meet to discuss the potential to fill the coaching chair if Favre was sacked.
The news also indirectly broke issues linking Pochettino to Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid clubs last summer. Moreover, following Pochettino's failure at PSG.
Apart from the news that Pochettino will again take part in Ligue 1 with OGC Nice, this coach has been poor for a long time in the coaching world. Pochettino is known as a coach who has a good reputation when he led Tottenham Hotspur between 2014 and 2019.
However, in November 2019, Spurs cut off cooperation with the coach. Two years later, Pochettino was appointed PSG's tactician who only walked fast.
Les Parisien proposed in January 2021 and fired him in July 2022. With PSG, Pochettino has led 84 matches in all competitions.
But he was judged unable to meet the club's expectations, namely winning at the domestic level and winning the Champions League. He only presented three titles for PSG namely Ligue 1, French Cup, and French Super Cup.