Ronald Koeman actually seems to be the new coach of FC Barcelona. According to it AD the management of the KNVB will meet on Monday evening to discuss the financial settlement with the Spanish top club.
The newspaper also reports that Koeman himself wants to stop as national coach of the Dutch national team. He has reportedly even reached an agreement in principle with FC Barcelona and can sign a three-year contract at Camp Nou by agreement between the KNVB and the Catalans, until mid-2023.
The KNVB would be surprised by Koeman’s wish to leave, who emphasized in April that he would certainly remain the national coach until next year’s European Championship. He then announced that he would only be open to a possible offer from his dream club FC Barcelona afterwards.
“When I started my coaching career, I had two dreams: to be the national coach of my country and to become the coach of FC Barcelona. My dedication to the Orange will remain the same, I will in any case remain national coach until the European Championship in 2021”, he told it. Spanish Sport.
FC Barcelona has to pay a substantial lump sum
FC Barcelona has to pay a lump sum payment of several million to loosen Koeman from the KNVB, where he still has a commitment to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This would include a clause that allows him to move to FC Barcelona at any time.
Earlier on Monday, rumors appeared in various Spanish media that Koeman will succeed Quique Setién at FC Barcelona, who has not yet been fired, but whose position seems untenable after Friday’s humiliation against Bayern Munich (2-8) in the quarterfinals. of the Champions League.
Koeman was very successful as a player for FC Barcelona from 1989 to 1995. He confirmed at the beginning of this year that he had been approached by the club when Ernesto Valverde was fired in January, but he did not want to leave the Orange at the time – a few months before the European Championship was eventually postponed.
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