Paris St Germain (PSG) manager, Thomas Tuchel, has signed a contract extension which will keep him with the Ligue 1 champions until the end of the 2020-2021 season, the club announced on Saturday.

Tuchel, who was hired by PSG last year, finished the 2018-19 campaign with mixed results despite winning the league title by 16 points.

He took over at PSG, replacing Unai Emery, last year and guided them to a successful defence of their Ligue 1 crown, where they finished 16 points ahead of second-placed Lille.

The 2017-2018 domestic quadruple winners finished runners-up in the domestic cup (Coupe de France) and were knocked out in the last-16 of the Champions League and quarter-finals of the French League Cup.

Tuchel’s failure to record European success which was of premier importance to PSG’s hierarchy had put his position under scrutiny, casting doubts on his future at the club, but that has been lifted by the news he and his backroom staff have signed new deals to June 30, 2021.

“Paris Saint-Germain is pleased to announce Thomas Tuchel’s contract extension for an additional season.

“The German coach has now signed until 30 June 2021 with the French capital’s club,” the club said in a statement. 

Tuchel, who coached German club Borussia Dortmund for two seasons before the switch to PSG, thanked the club’s supporters and chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

“This only reinforces my ambition to bring this team to the very top through hard work.

“I’m also very touched by the backing of our supporters, and I’m sure that the best is yet to come for our club,” Tuchel said.

 

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