Barcelona come to their senses and sack Koeman!
Barcelona sacked Ronald Koeman after the defeat against Rayo Vallecano in Spanish La Liga matchday 11.
Finally, the thing that all the fans of the Catalan giants have been waiting for has come true. Barcelona's management fired Ronald Koeman after another defeat, which pushed the team to 9th place in the league.
According to the media, Joan Laporta was furious after the defeat and during the flight from Madrid to the capital of Catalonia decided to sack the Dutchman along with the top management. Before landing, Ronald already knew that he would not be doing the training session scheduled for Thursday morning.
On the one hand, you can feel sorry for Koeman for such an attitude of the leadership. But on the other hand, he did not draw absolutely any conclusions from the existing difficulties. Before his arrival, the coach said that there is no longer a place for Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets at Barcelona, who have gotten worse lately and must leave the club. But once at Camp Nou, his views changed dramatically.
Under Koeman, Barcelona finally lost their entire margin of safety. Even the departure of Lionel Messi did not help, as it seemed, could improve the relationship between the players. No, everything remained the same, because Koeman did not make a restructuring, the necessity of which he himself spoke of before his arrival. He tried to use cheap materials to strengthen the destroyed foundation and it is logical that nothing happened.
The ultimate hope was for the youth. He brought in Puig, Mingueza, Gavi, Nico, Pedri and other guys in the hope that they would help Barça get out of the hole with their enthusiasm. But just as Barcelona cannot play normally according to the 5-3-2 formation with their ideology, the La Masia pupils, who had played 4-3-3 in the academy all their lives, could not reorganize to the new format.
Mundo Deportivo reports that Xavi has already agreed to lead Blaugrana and even asked to buy him a quick defender, which could be Jules Kounde from Sevilla. And it seems to us that Xavi will be able to somehow normalize Barça's game, given his knowledge of the players and the club as a whole. And Koeman lost everything he had, calling it the only chance in life. It is unlikely that he will soon interest someone from the top echelon. Perhaps a team that is looking for a coach, but not a manager.
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