New manager was upbeat in his first press conference but the club have deep-rooted problems that must be tackled head-on
There was more than a whiff of novelty at Paris Saint-Germain this past week as Luis Enrique’s unveiling on Wednesday fittingly coincided with the first public event at the club’s new state-of-the-art training centre.
Journalists would be made to wait three hours as Nasser al-Khelaifi’s plane was delayed – although they were given a tour of the new facilities, which sprawl over 74 hectares in the capital’s western suburbs. Eventually, the new coach took centre stage and gave an enticing, albeit noncommittal, outline of his plans for the team, setting Champions League success as his target.
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