‘He’s cool and he’s French’

MAURICIO POCHETTINO described Zinedine Zidane as ‘wonderful’ as he reacted to links about the Frenchman replacing him as Paris Saint-Germain coach.

Mauricio Pochettino is being heavily linked with leaving PSG in the summer with a Premier League outfit Manchester United interested in appointing him as theirs permanent manager.

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And as SunSport revealed, The players WANT Pochettino To take over.

But Poch got away PSG does not depend on him.

The former Spurs boss said the decision to keep him after the summer was up to sporting director Leonardo – with whom he has a strained relationship – and chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

And if PSG decides to appoint a new head coach, French legend, Zidane is one of the favorites to take over.

In an interview with Spanish radio station Cadena Ser, Pochettino said above Zidane and his future: “It’s not for me to decide.

“But he’s a great coach, he showed it in Madrid and he can coach any team in the world. Besides, he’s French.

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“But I don’t know, that would be more of a question for our sporting director or president.”

Poch continued: “When Zidane was at Madrid, I saw so many rumors 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 is unliveable.”

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