A number of names entered the candidates to replace Ronald Koeman at Barcelona. For your information, Ronald Koeman has just been officially fired from Barcelona. Barcelona’s 0-1 defeat to Rayo Vallecano in the 11th week of the 2021-2022 Spanish League, Thursday (28/10/2021), became the end of Ronald Koeman’s journey with the Blaugrana.
Currently, Barcelona’s management immediately moved closer to a number of coaches to replace Ronald Koeman.
Here are 5 potential replacements for Ronald Koeman at Barcelona.
5. Roberto Martinez
Roberto Martinez’s contract with the Belgian national team expires on June 30, 2022. However, Barcelona can get the Spanish tactician sooner. How to redeem Roberto Martinez’s release clause which is at 1.8 million euros.
Roberto Martinez is known as a coach who likes to build attacks from foot to foot. Therefore, Roberto Martinez’s style of play matches the Blaugrana’s philosophy of play.
4. Ernesto Valverde
Ernesto Valverde is a victim of the oppression of the regime of Josep Maria Bartomeu. Because Barcelona were eliminated in the 2019 Spanish Super Cup semifinals, Ernesto Valverde was sacked. In fact, at that time Barcelona were still at the top of the Spanish League standings and qualified for the last 16 of the 2019-2020 Champions League.
As stated above, Ernesto Valverde is not new to Barcelona. He had been the coach of Barcelona (2017-2020) and gave two Spanish League trophies. Therefore, Ernesto Valverde does not need to adapt much if he is re-appointed.
3. Ralf Rangnick
There had been news, Barcelona were interested in making Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) or Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) their coach next season. While waiting for the new season, Barcelona will appoint Ralf Rangnick as caretaker.
This German coach is not a figurehead. Ralf Rangnick is known to be good at turning standard clubs into extraordinary ones. Call TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Schalke 04 to RB Leipzig.
2. Erik Ten Hag
Spanish media El Nacional said Barcelona had reached an agreement with Ajax Amsterdam coach Erik Ten Hag. It’s just that the Dutch coach will only take office next season.
Even according to El Nacional, Erik Ten Hag has asked two players to be brought to Barcelona. They are Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) and Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax Amsterdam).
1. Xavi Hernandez
Xavi Hernandez is the strongest candidate to replace Ronald Koeman. Italian journalist, Fabrizio Romano, who delivered this.
“There has been no announcement for a replacement for Koeman at Barcelona. This will take a few hours. Meanwhile, negotiations are ongoing for Xavi to leave Al Sadd and become Barcelona coach,” Fabrizio Romano said on his Twitter account, @FabrizioRomano.
Xavi Hernandez had 17 years (1998-2015) for the Barcelona senior team. Since 2019, Xavi Hernandez has retired as a player and has been the coach of Qatari club Al Sadd.
In just two years, Xavi Hernandez has given Al Sadd four titles. Therefore, is Xavi Hernandez the right successor to Ronald Koeman at Barcelona?
