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PSG fans pick Diego Simeone as new coach in L'Équipe poll

The French sports daily provided a list of 10 possible replacements for Unai Emery and the Atlético Madrid boss was the clear favourite.

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El entrenador argentino del Atlético de Madrid, Diego Pablo Simeone.
Javier SorianoAFP

After PSG’s failure to get past the last 16 of the Champions League for a second season running it seems inevitable that an overhaul will take place at the Parc des Princes this summer with current coach Unai Emery widely tipped to be handed his marching orders whatever domestic success he delivers.

There have been many possible replacements mooted to take the Spaniard’s job and French daily L’Èquipe ran a poll this week among fans to gauge their preferred candidate for the position.

Simeone the preferred successor to Emery

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The clear winner, with almost double the number of votes than the second-placed candidate, Carlo Ancelotti, was Atlético Madrid boss Diego Simeone. Despite the Argentinean signing a new contract at the Metropolitano recently and his stated desire to return to Inter as manager one day, the Atlético coach’s stock remains high despite his side failing to get past the group stage after two Champions League finals in three seasons before the present campaign.

L’Èquipe poll results in full

Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid): 28%. Carlo Ancelotti (No team): 16%. Antonio Conte (Chelsea): 14%. Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham): 9%. Luis Enrique (No team): 7%. Laurent Blanc (No team): 6%. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal): 6%. Other: 5%. Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus): 4%. Leonardo Jardim (Monaco): 2%. Roberto Mancini (Zenit): 1%. André Villas-Boas (No team): 1%. Paulo Fonseca (Shakhtar Donetsk): 1%.