Tuesday, 13th September, 2011

Paris Saint-Germain’s Qatari owners are considering swooping for Arsene Wenger or Jose Mourinho as they bid to move the French side forward.

Current PSG coach Antoine Kombouare has already come under significant pressure this season, but is likely to retain his post until the end of the current campaign, by which time the capital city club could well have lined up a very big name to take over.

And according to Djamel Belmadi, an advisor to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the power behind the Qatar Investment Authority which owns PSG, Wenger and Mourinho are names in the frame.


"Whether it is Arsene Wenger or Jose Mourinho, they are both important figures in football", Belmadi, who is also coach of Qatari side Lekhwiya SC said to Canal+.

"The Sheikh wants what is best for his club", continued Belmadi.

"These are certainly names that have been in his thoughts."

Mourinho has already admitted coming close to taking over at the Parc des Prince before opting to join Inter in 2008. A switch to the French capital therefore has appealed in the past and, with vast riches at his disposal, could surely do so again.

Wenger meanwhile is enduring the most troubling time of his reign as Arsenal boss, making the possibility of a switch back to his native France more realistic than at any time since 1996.


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