REVEALED: Barcelona plan to replace Koeman - only with right candidate

Football
18 May 2021 • 8:16 AM MYT
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Barcelona's board are preparing to replace coach Ronald Koeman.

RAC1 says the Catalan club have "99 percent" decided to sack the Dutch coach. The other one percent depends on them being able to find a suitable replacement. If they can't, Koeman could continue.

The report explains that Koeman is not Joan Laporta's choice, given he was appointed by Josep Maria Bartomeu, and that the Barça president feels he could have done better in this final stretch of the campaign.

It adds that Laporta didn't want to make any rash decisions during the season and destabilise the team, given they were fighting for La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

However, they are working on replacing Koeman, although if there are no credible candidates, the Hero of Wembley could yet fulfil his two-year deal, which runs until 2022.