Who to replace Quique Setien on the bench from Barça? The question now arises in these terms, after the humiliation suffered against Bayern (8-2) in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Because it seems clear that the technician of the Catalans should pay the price for the beating.
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Already close in January
According to the local daily Sport, a name would emerge at the top of the list to replace it: Mauricio Pochettino. Without a post since his dismissal by Tottenham last November, the Argentine technician had already been cited with insistence to replace Ernesto Valverde in January. But his label of former coach of Espanyol Barcelona and old statements about FC Barcelona had visibly cooled the management.
“I have a lot of friends in Barcelona, at Barça, I have a lot of respect for them but my background and that of FC Barcelona are different, he explained in 2018. These are opposing paths that make it impossible (to coach Barça one day). “But Pochettino added water to his wine in early August, in an interview with The country: “Espanyol allowed me to make a name for myself. But I’m not arrogant, I don’t like making those kinds of statements. Maybe I wouldn’t do it today, because we never know what can happen in life. “
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