As reports rise that Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has chosen Zinedine Zidane as their new manager, he said in a statement this Friday. Recruitment of Portuguese Luis Campos as ‘consultant’ for men’s football division, not sporting director, a position with greater authority and that means exclusivity. According to French media, 57-year-old Campos will continue to cooperate with Celta as a foreign consultant, to which he made a commitment before the Parisians.

“Luis Campos will be responsible for the organisation, recruitment and performance of the Paris Saint-Germain men’s professional team,” the French club said in a statement. Said. Although this is not mentioned in the note, The arrival of the Portuguese hints at the departure of the Brazilian Leonardo, who has been sports director since 2019.

Thus, Campos will have a very specific range of action at PSG, leaving out the club’s training centre, for example.

“I see PSG as the most ambitious and exciting club in the football world. Football“In his statement, he put forward the Portuguese.

Headed by Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the formation welcomed Campos’ “modern and innovative” methods, noting that throughout his career it supported “the emergence of talent who later became great players in world football”.

He is known for discovering players such as Bernardo Silva, Fabinho, James Rodriguez, and Pepe, among others.

Portuguese, who worked as sports director in Monaco (League champion 2017) and Lille (blessed in 2021), very close figure Kylian Mbappe and his family, whom he met a few years ago in the Principality.

Campos is very close to Kylian Mbappé and his family, whom he met a few years ago in the Principality.

Campos has also worked as a sports director and analyst at other European clubs, including Real Madrid and Porto, as an observer under José Mourinho since 2005.

The French press speculated about the imminent future of Zidane, who has not been training since leaving Real Madrid in June 2021, regarding the possible replacement of Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, whose contract is one year away.