He is the first victim of the Catalan shipwreck. Quique Setién, who arrived last January, was sacked from his job as coach of FC Barcelona, three days after the rout (8-2) of his team against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. "The management committee announced that Quique Setién is no longer the coach of the first football team," the club's statement revealed on Monday evening. This is the first decision taken regarding the large restructuring of Barca's first team, which will be done in agreement with the current technical direction and the new coach, to be unveiled in the coming days. "
A name comes back with insistence to replace it. Ronald Koeman is expected to be named FC Barcelona coach later this week, according to journalists Moi Llorens (ESPN) and Fabrizio Romano (Sky Sport). The current coach of the Netherlands, who would leave his post a few months before the Euro, would have been preferred, in particular, to Mauricio Pochettino.
Former Dutch international defender (78 caps, 14 goals), Koeman notably offered Barça the first European Cup of Champions Clubs in 1992, with a decisive free kick against Sampdoria in the final (1-0 ap). He had spent six seasons in total under the blaugrana colors (1989-1995), notably winning four Liga under the orders of Johan Cruyff.