With abundant resources available at Paris Saint-Germain following the arrival of Qatar Investment Authority, the arrival of Leonardo as the Sporting Director was perhaps one of the best buys of the summer for the Ile club. with criticism aimed at
him, the Brazilian gives a piece of his mind
Right after the end of the 2010/2011 Ligue 1 campaign, the shape of French football changed forever when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Qatar-c2986 Investment Authority took over Paris Saint-Germain. The arrival of the Qataris resulted in an influx of abundant financial resources at the Ile
club.
In the summer transfer window, the Parisians saw the arrivals of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salvatore-Sirigu-c32282. However, before those moves even finalised, PSG did a masterstroke by bringing in former Inter Milan and AC Milan manager Leonardo
as the club’s sporting director.
The Brazilian knows all about PSG and its importance to the Parisians after having played for them during his playing career. As a manager, Leonardo is all about contacts. Knowing this, QIA did the right thing by bringing in the Brazilian who made full use
of his vast network in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 to bring in the likes of the aforementioned players to the Parc des Princes.
However, Leonardo has been showered with criticism by people who blame him for his actions. While Antoine Kombouare was doing a pretty decent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, Leonardo went out to meet Carlo Ancelotti. Taking on reporters on a daily basis who only want to hear about
the rumoured arrivals of Beckham and Tevez, Leonardo had had enough and chose to drop down his stance as a nice guy to a straightforward one while talking to La Repubblica.
One of the reporters certainly made a big mistake by asking him the reason for his departure from AC Milan.
Leonardo openly said that he had his differences with Sylvio Berlusconi and that the two never shared the same vision. However, Leonardo clearly said that he will not be looking to steal http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Tevez from AC Milan just to spite his former boss.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leonardo-c22056 also said that just because the Sheikhs have a lot of money, it does not mean that they will splash the cash wildly.
While talking about his departure from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan so soon, Leonardo said, “I accepted PSG’s offer after putting the record straight with Moratti. It was an opportunity that came. He asked me to say no, to be a bit less sympathetic. Nothing was planned,
why should I apologise for having this opportunity? Football is not a utopian world and I’m not here to compete for the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Certainly, Leonardo gave a full account of himself to many people, especially in Milan who have called http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leo-c22011 a symbol of hate after first crossing the two Milan clubs and then leaving Italy altogether.
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