PSG want to sign Luis Enrique on a lifetime contract

Parisians want to tie Luis Enrique to the club for life. According to Spain’s AS, PSG’s management are considering a lifetime contract for the 55-year-old coach. It could become the first such deal in football history. It sounds like pure fantasy, but after six trophies won in 2025, the idea no longer looks crazy. Sheikh Nasser Al-Khelaifi calls Enrique the “ideal” coach. The club are ready to offer the most expensive deal in their history — an open-ended contract. The question is whether the Spaniard himself needs such an offer. Since the summer of 2023, PSG under the former Barcelona head coach have won nine trophies: Ligue 1 twice, the French Cup twice, the French Super Cup twice, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. Six trophies in 2025 alone equals the record set by Barcelona in 2009 and Bayern in 2020. Enrique was named Coach of the Year by both France Football and FIFA. After Mbappé left for Real Madrid, Enrique’s PSG didn’t just survive — they flourished. Young players Dembélé (Ballon d’Or winner) and Safonov (a FIFA record: four consecutive penalty saves in the final against Flamengo) became world-class stars. Enrique’s current contract runs until the summer of 2027. Inside the club, they believe a year and a half is far too little to execute long-term plans. The Spanish specialist has received full authority over all key decisions, and the formula is working smoothly. After the triumph in Doha, PSG’s executives seriously started thinking about an unprecedented offer. However, AS stresses that persuading Enrique to accept a lifetime contract won’t be easy. He is happy in his role and believes in the project, but a lifetime deal is, in a sense, a restriction of freedom. It is a bet that in five, ten or fifteen years the interests of all parties will still align. Football has never seen lifetime contracts for coaches. Even the legendary Alex Ferguson worked at Manchester United on standard contracts, even if he renewed them again and again; the same goes for Arsène Wenger at Arsenal. Lifetime deals are usually associated with CEOs and presidents, not with the “commanders” on the touchline. PSG could become pioneers. Or they may simply be creating an information wave ahead of talks to extend on more traditional terms. Because the distance between the possibility of a contract and an actual signature is huge. Enrique understands this well: today you’re a hero with six trophies, tomorrow you can be gone after two straight defeats. Football is ruthless even to geniuses. If the deal happens, it will shake the market. Every top club will start thinking about similar contracts for their coach. Or, on the contrary, everyone will realise it’s a bluff — a “nice wrapping” for a regular five-year agreement. Right now, the Spaniard’s team are stable, young and ambitious. Enrique has built a system that works even without old-style superstars. Time will tell. One thing is clear: under Enrique, PSG are living through the best period in their history, and nobody wants to give that up — not Sheikh Al-Khelaifi, not the fans, and seemingly not the coach himself. The only question is how far both sides are willing to go, and how ready football is for a new era of open-ended deals. Arman Tigranyants Read “Zamin” on Telegram!