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. On 27 May 2008, he was named as

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ahead of the new season, after the one-month interim of

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; PSG had narrowly avoided relegation from

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. He was the third journalist to hold the post, after

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and

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in the 1990s. In January 2009, he wrote a letter to the club's board in which he criticised their lack of investment. The letter was leaked to ''

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''. He was then dismissed by owners

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, whose president

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took that position at the club.

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