Laurent Blanc left his role as Paris Saint-Germain coach on Monday, the French Ligue 1 champions announced, without revealing any financial details. But it was his failure to make substantial progress in the Champions League that proved his undoing. Khelaifi was particularly unimpressed with the limp manner PSG lost to Manchester City in the Champions League this season. Blanc arrived at PSG in 2013 and won the domestic treble in each of his last two seasons with the club. French sports daily L’Equipe had said on Thursday that Blanc would pocket 22 million euros ($24m) as part of his severance package.

Source: Hindustan Times June 27, 2016 13:07 UTC