Jérôme Rothen’s love letter to Luis Enrique!

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·9 mai 2026

Jérôme Rothen’s love letter to Luis Enrique!

A Paris Saint-Germain player from 2004 to 2010, Jérôme Rothen remains a devoted fan of the capital club. Now a pundit on RMC, he delivered a heartfelt declaration of love to Luis Enrique, PSG’s current coach, after the club qualified for the Champions League final for the second year in a row.

Rothen: “He has everything you ask of a PSG coach”

“I continue to admire all of his work since the very first day he arrived. We’ve had plenty of debates about Luis Enrique. We didn’t always agree. For me, right from the start, he had the style, the personality, and the talent to bring out the best in this PSG team. He was accepted immediately by the supporters. He has everything you ask of a PSG coach. He has that slightly arrogant side. We Parisians are a bit like that too, and we see ourselves in a coach like him.”

Rothen: “This guy is incredible and I hope they keep him for a long time”

“What he is putting in place on the pitch is beyond impressive. I’m in love with this coach! He’s the genius coach Paris Saint-Germain needed. What he is doing is incredible. This guy is incredible and I hope they keep him for a long time. He has everything! Even if there’s a failure one year, I’m sure he’ll find solutions to help this club bounce back. Have you seen the way he talks about PSG? He lives and breathes the club! He’s proud to be PSG’s coach. And that makes me so proud!”

Rothen: “a guy who drives me up the wall”

“I get chills when I see him. I wish I’d had a guy like that as a coach during my six years at Paris Saint-Germain, a guy who drives me up the wall, who makes me improve and makes the team improve too! Keep him!”

Having arrived at PSG in 2023, Luis Enrique immediately established himself as the boss and, above all, the right man for the job. At the time, there were still egos to manage, Kylian Mbappé was still there—now a 27-year-old forward at Real Madrid—and the project needed reviving. When the departure of the 2018 World Cup winner was confirmed, many thought the capital club would decline and see its European ambitions fade away. Luis Enrique said the opposite would happen, and above all, he proved it.

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The Spanish tactician fulfilled the biggest dream of the Parisian supporters by winning the Champions League last year. Now in the final for the second straight year, the Red and Blue faithful can once again make history in French football.

This achievement is already one for the history books. Victory would of course be an added bonus, but the run the Parisian club has just produced proves that it is the best club in Europe and, above all, that the project led by Luis Enrique is only just beginning.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.