Ronald Koeman is set to take his dream job at Barcelona after the Catalan giants’ president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed on Tuesday the Du...
Ronald Koeman is set to take his dream job at Barcelona after the Catalan giants’ president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed on Tuesday the Dutchman will be their next coach.
Former Barca star Koeman, who has been in charge of the Netherlands since 2018, will replace Quique Setien, who was sacked after Barca were humiliated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on Friday.
“Koeman will be Barca’s coach next season,” Bartomeu told the side’s television channel.
“If everything goes OK, Koeman will be the coach we announce and will guide this team and the players with a different project.
“It’s someone the supporters know well, not just as a player but also as a coach.”
According to reports Koeman and his agent were negotiating a two-year contract late on Monday, with the second year dependent on the outcome of the presidential elections.
Koeman is a hero at Barca after shining in Johan Cruyff’s ‘Dream Team’, with whom he won for La Liga titles in the row between 1991 and 1994.
He also scored the winning goal in the 1992 European Cup final – the Catalan club’s first-ever success in Europe’s top club competition.
He has said coaching Barcelona would be his “dream” job, and he leaves his country’s national team after two-and-a-half years in charge to...
