Laurent Blanc’s future at PSG looked in doubt this month when club president Nasser Al Khelaifi described their season as a “failure”. Sylvain Thomas / AFP
Laurent Blanc’s future at PSG looked in doubt this month when club president Nasser Al Khelaifi described their season as a “failure”. Sylvain Thomas / AFP
Laurent Blanc’s future at PSG looked in doubt this month when club president Nasser Al Khelaifi described their season as a “failure”. Sylvain Thomas / AFP
Laurent Blanc’s future at PSG looked in doubt this month when club president Nasser Al Khelaifi described their season as a “failure”. Sylvain Thomas / AFP

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Manager Laurent Blanc to leave PSG this week, his agent says

Frenchman, who replaced Carlo Ancelotti in 2013, resigns despite signing two-year contract extension.

Reuters

June 21, 2016

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PARIS // Manager Laurent Blanc will leave French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain by the end of the week, despite signing a two-year contract extension in February, his agent Jean Pierre Bernes said on Monday.

Under Blanc, who replaced Carlo Ancelotti in June 2013, PSG claimed their second successive domestic treble last season but went out in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Champions League.

“Before the end of the week, PSG and Laurent Blanc will be separated,” Bernes told French radio station Europe 1. “We’re in discussions with PSG directors and it’s being done in an excellent atmosphere from both sides.”

Blanc’s future at PSG looked in doubt this month when club president Nasser Al Khelaifi described their season as a “failure”.

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