Setien to remain for the next season

Setien to remain for the next season

Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu confirmed information that Quique Setien will remain at Barcelona.

After Ernesto Valverde’s dismissal, there was a story that Quique Setien is a transitional stage before the arrival or Ronald Koeman to Barcelona. However, the pandemic and the quarantine have influenced the situation radically.

According to the media information, Koeman should have lead the Catalans after the Euro 2020, but the tournament was postponed for a year due to pandemic. Therefore, the arrival of the Dutch manager, who spent a part of his career at Camp Nou, is delayed. It is not surprising that right now Bartomeu speaks about trust in Setien even despite the lost championship, the cup and the absence of confidence in the Champions League ahead of the second match with Napoli. Especially when the team leader Lionel Messi claims that it will not come as surprise if Barca lose to the Neapolitans with such a game.

Therefore, considering the stalemate situation, the club has to calm the fans down saying that everything is under control, of what Bartomeu spoke in the latest interview,

“Setien has acting contract. When we appointed him, we explained that this project is not only for the current year, but also for the next one. It is hard to evaluate the manager’s work after several months, especially when there was a break due to the pandemic. As Vidal said, he had very little time to get to know his players better.

We have never thought about changing the manager. I know that there were publications about Pimi [Pimenta], but we didn’t discuss that. Out manager is Setien. We did not conduct negotiations neither with Blanc, nor anyone else,” Bartomeu claimed.

Whereas the President said that he contacted with Xavi, but did not consider him as amanager because of the club legend’s extended contract with Al-Sadd. It is understandable, as the Spaniard acts as an ambassador of the World Cup in Qatar and will remain there until the Mondial of 2022 to attract as much attention of the fans as possible. Therefore, Xavi should not be expected at Barcelona in the short term and Koeman was chosen as a transitional link.

But considering the current state at the club, Setien may leave his post if not after the Champions League dropout, then during the course of the next season with the absence of progress in the game. Blaugranas fans will not allow Real Madrid domination, which have gained pace under Zidane on the domestic arena, which in the newest history remained a stronghold of trophies for Barcelona.