“I would like to announce that on June 30, I will no longer continue as Barça coach. I think the situation needs to change course and, as a culer, I cannot allow the current situation”. Saturday evening, Xavi surprised everyone by announcing his departure at the end of the season after the defeat against Villarreal (5-3). A decision that few people saw coming in Catalonia, even if it must be said that the former club and La Roja midfielder was increasingly contested. The question now is: who to replace him?
Obviously, it’s a ball of names in the Spanish press, and some information is rather contradictory. Marca explains for example that the club is looking for an experienced coach, where Sport reveals the names of tacticians who do not necessarily have much experience on the sidelines due to their youth. The Catalan newspaper explains, for example, that among the candidates to take over, we find Thiago Motta (Bologna), whose name had already been released earlier in the week, as well as Rafa Marquez, the coach of the B team.
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In addition to these two former players, there is another coach who defended the colors of the club during his playing career who could be called: Gio van Bronckhorst. The Dutch tactician is currently without a club following his departure from Rangers in November 2022. Besides these three former Camp Nou residents, there are two other interesting options under consideration. First of all, Imanol Alguacil, the coach of Real Sociedad, who has very good ratings in Spain. He likes to play a fairly offensive game and works very well with young players.
Then, the last is none other than Michel, the Girona coach, the revelation of the season. He too is presented as a coach whose style of play is 100% compatible with Barça. For his part, A.S. timidly puts forward the name of Jürgen Klopp, explaining that the German really likes Joan Laporta, and that it is entirely possible that the latter will come to the news with the one who will leave Liverpool at the end of the season in the days to come …
