Barcelona dismisses Valverde and hires Setién as a new coach

Agreement between FC Barcelona and Ernesto Valverde for the termination of his contract as coach of the first team.
Thanks for everything, Ernesto. Good luck in the future. pic.twitter.com/UNBBQoLOB1

– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_en) January 13, 2020

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Barcelona is the champion of the Spanish league, the current leader of the League and remains firm in the Champions League. But it was not enough.

For most clubs, win the league title in the last two seasons, advance in the knockout rounds of this season’s Champions League as group winner and have as captain a Lionel messi, one of the best soccer players, would be a reason to be very lively.

That Valverde, who signed a contract extension last February until the end of this season, has clung to his work after the defeat of the Champions League and the subsequent defeat in the Copa del Rey final against Valencia is perhaps a bigger surprise than Monday’s reports about the impending farewell of the Spanish.

The recent defeat against Atlético de Madrid, in the Supercopa of Spain in Saudi Arabia, added to the disgraceful game of Barça away from home in the league, seems to have forced the club’s leadership to seek an immediate successor.

The road became even more difficult for Valverde to know the News that striker Luis Suarez would be out of play for about four months after undergoing knee surgery.

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With information from Aimee Lewis

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