The Germans led the French side to domestic success and the Champions League final in August, but they have paid the price for the start of this term.
Kylian Mbappe has praised Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel, adding that “no one will forget” the manager’s time at the helm at Parc des Princes.
News broke on Christmas Eve that the German had been sacked at the club following his side’s Ligue 1 victory over Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Although PSG have yet to officially confirm the 47-year-old’s departure, he is ending a two-and-a-half-year tenure that has seen the former Borussia Dortmund boss wipe out domestic honors and become more closer to Champions League glory than any of its predecessors.
Striker Mbappe – who established himself as one of the sport’s most celebrated talents and continued to thrive under Tuchel’s leadership in the 16th arrondissement – was quick to honor his manager, however, confirming his gratitude for what a former Mainz man contributed.
“Unfortunately it’s football law,” the 22-year-old added to his Instagram feed. ” No one will forget your time here. You wrote an amazing part of the club’s history and I tell you: thank you, coach. ”
Tuchel’s first major move after Unai Emery’s arrival in May 2018 was to secure a permanent contract for Mbappe after a successful loan spell at the club from Monaco, and among the attractive champions who won the World Cup. in Russia with France. national team.
The German – who first started his career as head coach at FC Augsburg II in 2007 – burned his reputation at Mainz between 2009 and 2014, leading them to a fifth-day finish in 2010-11. .
His wins earned him a move to Dortmund to succeed with the outgoing Jurgen Klopp, where he continued to thrive as one of the most prestigious young coaches across Europe, bidding for the first piece of money in the club’s 2016–17 DFB-Pokal award over Eintracht Frankfurt.
It has been PSG where he has consistently succeeded, however, taking up a total of half a dozen trophies and leading them to the Champions League final last term, where he was out at the end by Bayern Munich at Hansi Flick.
But on a rather rocky start to their latest title defense, coupled with a strange European group campaign that saw them almost fall into the Europa League, Tuchel has paid the price as usual the new year is approaching.