Mauricio Pochettino has further played down links to Manchester United amid ongoing rumours surrounding his future.
The PSG boss was heavily linked with the manager’s job at Old Trafford following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Ralf Rangnick is set to become United’s new interim boss, and will take charge until the end of the season before moving into a consultancy role thereafter.
United remain confident they can lure Pochettino to the club in the summer, however, with the Argentine understood to be keen on a return to the Premier League with his family still living in the United Kingdom.
Pochettino played the rumours earlier in the week and he has again addressed the ongoing speculation about his job ahead of his side’s Ligue 1 clash with Saint-Etienne.
“We are always focused on the football — our games and our work,” Pochettino said.
“It is not us, nor the club, who generate these situations. It does not affect us.
“I am focused on PSG. We are used to rumours arriving. When they do arrive, it is a good sign that there are many of them -- it is a sign that we are doing good work.
“We are calm and humble. It is not us creating these rumours.”
Recent reports have suggested Pochettino is not entirely happy at PSG, and that the French club could look to replace him with Zinedine Zidane. The latter, who left Real Madrid during the summer, is said to be happy to wait for either the PSG or French national team job.
PSG sporting director Leonardo this week brushed off suggestions the club are looking to switch managers.
“We do not want Mauricio Pochettino to go,” the Brazilian told AFP. “He has never asked to leave, and nobody has contacted us for him.
“We respect Zinedine Zidane a lot, both as a player and coach, but I tell you very clearly that there has been no contact. No meeting.”
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