Ronald Koeman to be appointed as new Barcelona head coach

Ronald Koeman, the current Netherlands head coach, is set to be appointed as the new Barcelona head coach next week, replacing the out-of-favour Quique Setien at the helm of the club.

According to The Guardian, the 57-year-old former Barcelona player will leave his current role before the start of the new season.

Barcelona finished the 2019/20 La Liga campaign on second-place, five points behind champions Real Madrid. The prestigious Catalan club lost to Athletic Bilbao at the quarter-final stage in the Copa del Rey too.

Then, last



Friday, Setien’s days got numbered after Barcelona ended the season trophyless as they got knocked out of the UEFA Champions League courtesy of a humiliating 8-2 defeat against Bayern Munich in the quarterfinal stage.

As per reports, former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino was the original preference for Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

During his playing career, Koeman won four La Liga titles in a row at Barcelona and scored the winning goal in the 1991/92 European Cup final securing the club’s first-ever trophy in the competition.