PSG fires coach Galtier after disappointing season and replaces him with Luis Enrique

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN, JEROME PUGMIRE and GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writers

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has fired coach Christophe Galtier after a disappointing season. Former Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique is taking over as his successor. The 56-year-old Galtier led PSG to another French league title but it was eliminated early in the Champions League and the French Cup. PSG’s form slumped after the World Cup with 10 defeats in 28 games in 2023. PSG appointed an eighth coach in 12 years of Qatari ownership, with unsettled World Cup top scorer Kylian Mbappé set to play for a fifth coach since joining in 2017. Enrique had been without a contract since Spain’s elimination from the World Cup last year. Galtier was destabilized by allegations he made racist and anti-Muslim comments when he was in charge of French club Nice.