Pochettino: “We are closer to leaving Madrid than Chelsea and City”

Although Pochettino clinging to the winning league, disappointment with the Champions continues to mark PSG’s season review. The Argentine, however, argued that if not for his team’s losses in the second half at the Santiago Bernabéu, the situation would have changed: “We are closer to eliminating Madrid than Chelsea and City. Unfortunately, we had bad moments that made it impossible for us to continue in the competition ”, he said.

Leaving the French Cup early and unexpectedly -in the round of 16- also didn’t help: “It was on penalties, in a game where, despite being superior, we had a lot of significant casualties. players with their national teams ”explained a Pochettino struggling to give fair value to a Ligue 1, the tenth for the club, which tasted and was less celebrated by the fans.

In the absence of two dates for the end of the season, PSG have begun to prepare for the next. And doubt what will happen Mbappe still in the air. On Sunday, at the awards ceremony for the best players in the league, he also did not expect to announce his future: “I hope he doesn’t just talk because the rest of us are in Qatar. In any case, whenever, I hope it will be a positive communication ”, insisted the man from Santa Fe, who did not cancel the renewal of the Frenchman.

Pochettino ended up tiptoing over another great debate that has taken place since last summer: the competition between Keylor Navas Y Donnarumma. The Italian, in a recent interview, pointed out that this problem has an expiration date because PSG must make an imminent decision: “The club will do what it sees fit, like last summer. now, I am still the coach, and I will also participate in that decision, “he concluded.