The defeat by Villarreal (3-5) was added to Real’s Super Cup loss and Bilbao’s elimination from the Cup, pushing Xavi into decision to announce that at the end of the season he will leave Barcelona’s bench.
THE Sport presents the names “playing” for successor status. Don’t expect big names, like… Klopp or Mourinho, since it seems that the Catalans will go with a younger coach in the next day.
High on the list are two old acquaintances. THE Thiago Motta who works in Bologna and o Rafa Marquez, who is the coach of Barcelona B. The club’s sporting director, Deco, was a teammate of both and believes that they have all the background to work at “Barca”. In fact, the Mexican was asked yesterday and stated that “… if such an opportunity arises, you can’t say no. And if it comes, I will try to be available and give my best».
Among the selections is another former football player of the team and teammate of Deco, o Giovanni van Bronckhorst. The Dutchman has had spells at Feyenoord and Rangers but is out of the game from November 2022.
In consideration, however, are two young coaches who have presented a great work and are not related to Barcelona. The 48-year-old Mitchell who has Girona second in La Liga and the 52-year-old Imanol Alguathilwho has been working since 2018 at Real Sociedad.
Source: Sport Fm
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