Barcelona
will go back to their roots on July 1 when they name a former player as
their new coach for next season. What remains to be seen is which
player.
Athletic
Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde is the first choice of Barça sporting
director Andoni Zubizarreta but he still has a year left on his contract
and, having steered the team almost certainly into the Champions
League, it will be difficult to prise him away.
In the frame: Former Barcelona star Luis Enrique could take over at the Nou Camp
Get yer coat: Tata Martino is set to leave Barcelona this summer
Luis
Enrique has emerged as a serious alternative having guided Celta Vigo
to safety in his first season at the club. Seven points from the last
nine has left the Galician side 10th in the table.
Frank
de Boer, Ronaldo Koeman and current Barça B team coach Eusebio
Sacristán are outside bets with the latter having guided Barça B to
second in the second tier despite losing a host of talented players –
including Gerard Deloufeu – at the start of the season.
One
thing is certain, having agreed the Tata Martino experiment has largely
failed, the club are determined to go back to the same in-house hiring
that brought them so much success with Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova.
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