An essential step in order to pave the way for him to become the new coach of FC Barcelona. Koeman told Dutch public television station NOS that nothing was settled yet, but that he would like to become the Catalans’ new coach. “Yeah, I would love to, but it won’t be final until signing,” Koeman said. “Until then, I can’t say anything.”
Koeman spoke with a delegation from FC Barcelona on Monday, club general manager Oscar Grau confirmed to the Spanish media. The current coach of the Dutch national team has a clause in his contract which allows him to leave for FC Barcelona under certain conditions. According to the Dutch media, the goal of the Catalan club is to present Koeman from this Tuesday, between 6 and 7 p.m. In any case, he spoke at length with President Bartomeu throughout the weekend. He knows that he will have a lot of work to reorganize this workforce which has reached the end of the race.
The 57-year-old former center-back with the terrible strike, would become the successor in the Catalan city of Spaniard Quique Sétien, dismissed on Monday three days after Barca’s worst defeat in European cups, 2-8 in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Bayern Munich. Sétien took office on January 1, replacing Ernesto Valverde.
Koeman played for the Catalan club from 1989 to 1995. He was Spanish champion four times with Barcelona and won the last European Cup of Champions Clubs in 1992, thanks to his goal in extra time (1-0 against Sampdoria). The competition would become the Champions League the following year. He also held the post of assistant coach of FC Barcelona between July 1998 and December 1999 under the leadership of Louis Van Gaal.
He then held T1 positions successively at Vitesse, Ajax Amsterdam, Benfica, PSV Eindhoven, Valencia, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord, Southampton and Everton. Since February 6, 2018, he has directed the sporting destiny of the “Oranje” and is under contract with them until the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar which is due to end in December 2022.
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