Blanc extends contract with Paris Saint-Germain by two years
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football manager Laurent Blanc has signed a two-year contract extension with the French Ligue 1 winners.
Blanc joined the Paris side in 2013, and helped them win consecutive titles in Ligue 1 and one domestic treble last season. Blanc took control of the club when Italian Carlo Ancelotti joined Real Madrid and won the UEFA Champions League title with them.

Image: Илья Хохлов.
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Of course, it's a strong show of faith, and I'm very happy, also for my staff. A coach is nothing without his staff. | ![]() |
—Laurent Blanc |
The contract extension means 50-year-old Blanc would be at the capital club till June 2018. "Of course, it's a strong show of faith," PSG's website quoted his remarks, "and I'm very happy, also for my staff. A coach is nothing without his staff."
Blanc was in the French squad of 1998, when they won the World Cup. Under him, PSG reached the Champions League quarter-finals twice, and the French national team reached the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as well.
Currently, PSG are 24 points ahead of AS Monaco as league toppers, without a single defeat and is to face Chelsea F.C. in the UEFA Champions League round of Last 16.
Blanc previously managed Bordeaux and won the league with them.
Sources
- Press Association. "Laurent Blanc signs two-year contract extension at PSG" — The Guardian, February 11, 2016
- Liam Prenderville. "PSG boss Laurent Blanc signs two-year contract extension with Ligue 1 champions" — Mirror.co.uk, February 11, 2016
- "Laurent Blanc: Paris St-Germain boss extends his contract" — BBC Sport, February 11, 2016