For Lionel Messi, Koeman is not the coach you want at Barcelona

KOMPAS.com – Barcelona slowly showing a pretty good performance after the arrival of the new coach, Ronald Koeman.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, also seems to be in harmony with the strategy that is often displayed by Koeman for Barca.

However, who would have thought? Lionel Messi actually did not want Ronald Koeman in the body of Barcelona.

Launch Gol Journal, the megastar nicknamed La Pulga prefers Mauricio Pochettino to coach Barca than Koeman.

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However, the team management preferred the Dutch coach to the La Pulga choice.

For management, the reason for choosing Koeman was a matter of neutrality in the dressing room.

Because, Mauricio Pochettino is one of the coaches who came from Messi’s birthplace, Argentina.

This similarity is believed to make Barca’s dressing room become less neutral and the friendship between the two Argentines is feared to cause hostility within the squad.

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The name Mauricio Pochettino was also linked by Barca before the team nicknamed the Blaugrana fired Quique Setien.

However, Pochettino, who was still unemployed after being kicked out by Tottenham Hotspur, denied this.

“I’ve never received a job offer from Barcelona,” said Mauricio Pochettino, quoted from the Marca website, Saturday (19/9/2020).

“I never imagined I would work with Josep Maria Bartomeu (President of Barcelona),” said Pochettino.

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“I did meet Ramon Planes (the new Barcelona Sports Director). However, it was just a meeting of ordinary friends. I have known him since 2009,” added Pochettino.

On the other hand, Ronald Koeman’s arrival at Barcelona changed the squad a lot.

Despite being a little “flavored” with the Dutch national team, Barcelona has changed a lot since Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal, Ivan Rakitic, and Nelson Semedo moved.

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