January could be a crucial month in determining Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique’s future at the club. While runaway league leader PSG is unbeaten in domestic competition it is a far different story in the Champions League.
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Defeat may prove costly for Enrique, who is PSG’s eighth manager since Qatari investors QSI bought the club in 2011. In that time, Carlo Ancelotti is the only coach not to be sacked, leaving for Real Madrid in 2013. The hire-and-fire approach is unlikely to spare Enrique if he suffers the crushing humiliation of being knocked out of the new giant group-stage format of the Champions League — where eight sides qualify directly and 16 reach the knockout phase playoffs.Whatever PSG achieves in France — with the Ligue 1 and French Cup double a possibility — Enrique will be judged on what happens in Europe’s elite competition.
With his driving runs and eye for goal, Fofana helped Lens to a second-place finish in Ligue 1 in theAt 29 years old, Fofana is entering his peak years and that sounds like good news for Rennes, which was in 12th place ahead of Friday’s trip south to play Nice.
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