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Xavi led Al Sadd to the league and cup double last season, and it is currently on a 34-game unbeaten run. No way. The clearest example was the Copa del Rey final against Athletic. Lewandowski is a great player, a guaranteed scorer, but he is a certain age35? Just days after signing with Barcelona, Messi expressed his desire to leave with the famous burofax sent to the clubs front offices. "It was at the insistence of the club's hierarchy that I agreed to the departure of certain players to help put the finances in order," Koeman told the Dutch newspaper AD. Former Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has been on an interview spree since being sacked by Joan Laporta. Activate your account. What would a good job even look like in these circumstances? Barcelona legend Xaxi Hernandez, and current Belgium coach Roberto Martinez are the current favorites to take over for Ronald Koeman who won 39, drew 12 and lost 16 time in 67 matches as manager at Barca. 
The president made it crystal clear to the media, the fans and above all the players that if Koeman was staying on it was only, repeat only, because they couldn't afford to tempt anyone "better.". Mar 21, 1963 (59), Place of birth: Now Pedri is back in shape. - Karlsen: Xavi among Europe's top six young coaches After the Matchday 2 loss to Benfica, Barca looked to the La Liga to ease their European ailments, but three losses in four tries meant enough was enough in the eyes of president Laporta. There was, and this is vital, literally no way that a coach who has been maintained, for the want of anyone better, in a political, damaged, demanding and under-the-spotlight club like this, could succeed. Barca had just come off of one of their most embarrassing defeats ever, a 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the quarterfinal of the Champions League. Who can tell? How much do tickets cost for the Real Madrid vs Barcelona game in Las Vegas?
In the summer Barcelona went through a change of presidents after the resignation of Josep Maria Bartomeu. Still waiting to proceed on talks. If you play with three centre-back and five defenders, you cant say its a defensive system, he said. There's very little satisfaction in writing, "I told you so!" Barca won their opener in Koemans debut as the Barcelona manager with a 4-0 thrashing of Villarreal, but things quickly spun south. I've used the anecdote before, but because it's apposite and it comes from possible the greatest manager of the last half century, Alex Ferguson, I'll apply it again.
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Its not as simple as Barcelona being able to pay the new manager the same it paid Koeman, which was 7.2 million a year; that deal was agreed before the present restrictions on spending were put in place. But major changes to Barcelona's rostermost notably the exit of superstar Lionel Messileft the proud Catalan giants in something of a disarray. Ronald Koeman was let go as FC Barcelonas manager after Wednesdays loss to Rayo Vallecano. After recent indifferent form, Bara delivered a well below-par performance in Vallecas where they only managed one shot on target in the 90 minutes, Barcelona cannot live in the past claims former boss Koeman. Mar 21, 1963 (59). For me, Frenkie is a great player for Bara.. The autumn was not kind to Koeman or the Blaugrana, who suffered their first defeat in Getafe, and just a week after Koeman lost his first ever El Clasico as a manager. Ferguson believed that this was a corrosive, debilitating flaw. The coup de grace. Opinion: Xavi, Barcelona, and a case of poor squad management, Barcelonas dip in form: A lesson in expectations, Four in, four out: Rating Barcelonas winter transfer window, Europa League: A blessing in disguise for FC Barcelona, Messis 7th? There are several key conclusions. 
Koeman lasted just 15 months before being shown the door at the Camp Nou. There were moments when tension and temper got the better of him; there were moments when a blame culture seeped through; there were moments when his tactical nous was exposed; and there was the overall feeling that, having unquestionably steadied the ship over the previous seven months, he wasn't going to be the right man for the extremely stormy months ahead. One more win. And regardless who is playing and regardless of the circumstances surrounding the club that are out of a manager's control, this is a job in which there is always pressure to deliver results. They won just two of their final five matches and finished behind champions Atletico Madrid, and Real Madrid. If, as I suspect, Laporta stayed his hand because he was miffed with Xavi having, long before Laporta became a candidate, declared his support for Victor Font in the last Barcelona presidential elections, then he has let personal prejudice, and pique, guide him towards an awful decision: that of maintaining Koeman when he knew he shouldn't. Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Barcelona summary: score, goals, highlights, LaLiga. Its gonna take few hours while negotiations are ongoing for Xavi to leave Al Sadd & become the new manager. This was celebrity for the sake of celebritythe failure of the signings highlighted when Coutinho scored twice against Barcelona while on loan at Bayern Munich in the 2020 Champions League quarterfinals. term as coach : Preferred formation : Last club : Most games for : Retired : Ronald Koeman released by Barcelona - "Will say goodbye to the squad on Thursday", Bara boss Laporta: Koeman to stay - "He deserves some trust". A run of 10 matches with just three wins, including humiliating Champions League defeats to Bayern Munich and Benfica and a home Clsico loss to Real Madrid, coupled with an overall sense of waywardness gave Barcelona the impetus to make its move. Although he has no experience managing in Europe, he is as ideologically pure as they come, having been raised in Barcelona's La Masia academy and having won eight league titles and four Champions League titles with Barcelona. Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content. Your email address will not be published. And he helped ease a phenomenon, Ansu Fati, back into scoring action. Ronald Koeman fired from FC Barcelona: who are the possible coaches that could replace him? Koeman became a specialist in fighting guerrilla warfare battles with the media and behind the scenes to cling on to what was, for him -- even in these circumstances -- the job he'd dreamed of all his latter working life. In his first season in charge, he led the club to a Copa del Rey trophy and a third-place finish in LaLiga. Laporta confirms: Koeman remains as Bara coach - Wijnaldum & Depay their next additions. "But then when you see that they sign someone for 55m shortly after letting Messi go, it makes you wonder if something else was happening. That one-point return from a possible nine was the key factor in Koeman & Co. losing the title by three points. Descent into Europa League reflects where Barcelona are at, Barcelona: Koeman emerges as target for Rangers after Gerrard joins Villa, Koeman joins Conte and Mourinho, football's settlement package kings, Sacking coaches has cost Bara 33 million euros in compensation, Official: Barcelona confirm the return of Xavi Hernndez as first team coach. A 0-3 loss to Bayern Munich brought back a sour taste of the 8-2 thrashing that still lingers fresh in the minds of the Barca faithful. Laporta also had the evidence of his own eyes. 2022 ABG-SI LLC. All that had kept Koeman in charge until Wednesday was the difficulty in finding a replacement, both given the poverty of the squad and the restrictions on the budget.
"I really wanted to succeed at Barcelona, but I realised that Laporta wanted to get rid of me because I was not appointed by him. But, this is the least strategic, least wise, least reliable FC Barcelona in many, many years. Amongst the candidates appear to be River Plate's MarceloGallardo, former Barcelona superstar and currentAl Sadd manager Xavi and Belgium national team manager Roberto Martinez: The big question is whether Gallardo would go, of course. He might have two good years of football left in him, but Im hesistant about signing him, Koeman said. Or had lost faith in all of these elements. This page displays all transfers for the selected player. However, they have also been knocked out of the Champions League, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercopa in that time. They won just four of their first ten game in the league, and had a disastrous start to their Champions League campaign. The Wildcats quarterback puts something unique in his morning cup of joe. Getting this hire right is crucial for a Barcelona club that has continued to move in the wrong direction in recent years. But Barcelona have fallen on harder times than expectations at the club will allow. It was clumsy, it was subconscious, but there was no way back from the damage. Women's Euro 2022 quarterfinal preview: Who will make the final four? Ousmane Dembele's back. Even in the recent wins over Valencia and Dynamo Kiev, there was a downside, as the Camp Nou was at only a little over half capacity. Enjoy live and on-demand online sports on DAZN. Ten Hag talks to ESPN about a new era, Ronaldo and more, 'Welcome to Wrexham' trailer breakdown: From connection to American owners to club's ambitions, Barca club store couldn't sell Lewandowski jerseys because it ran out of 'W's, Arsenal's Xhaka sets a few more things straight in ESPN interview, Why Chelsea's move to sign Koulibaly could get them back in title race. The Scotsman's mantra was: other people will not only fear and try to avoid unpleasant decisions but will fear the consequences of acting.
The former Manchester United manager never equivocated over tough decisions.
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The Lionesses came back from a late deficit, sending Spain tumbling out in extra time and booking a place in the final four against either Sweden or Belgium.
