Joan Laporta wants to renew Ronald Koeman. Or at least that is what he said last Wednesday to a small group of journalists with whom he met to explain how well they had done in the market that just concluded and communicate your plans for the future among which was that of the technician’s continuity. It wasn’t an old-fashioned makeover. It will be an agreement subject to certain premises.
One of them fell within the logic and was to get titles. There is no secret here because all coaches know their position depends on winning. And more in the case of Bara, one of the greats used to winning. This condition is of no great importance.
The rest, on the other hand, are poisoned darts towards the coach. One of them is that it has to give relevance to Riqui Puig and Umtiti. They are not interpretations, in Laporta’s talk with journalists, the president pronounced these two names. And no one is aware that they are two players with whom the coach has practically nothing.
The first of them does not play with Koeman, any more than he did with Setin and Valverde. It does not seem, then, that it is a problem of the Dutch. The technician does not like Riqui for various reasons and has made it very clear. He told him verbally when he arrived and then his actions have corroborated it. Ahead of Riqui, last season he was super Ilaix Moriba. In this campaign, when we only have three official matches, they have already done it Nico, Demir and Gavi.
But Riqui likes Laporta. Including it in one of those conditions is clearly get into the coach’s job. Wanting to be president and technician at the same time. Ronald is not going to swallow and if he puts it, it will be because he has won it in training, something that very few trust according to what has been seen in a year.
The same can be said of Umtiti. Koeman value from him how he has worked to recover, but he sees that he is not at the necessary level to play as a starter for Barcelona. The Frenchman went to see the president to ask for a new opportunity that was granted to him by Laporta despite the fact that they spent the summer looking for a destination for him. And now, he passes the hot potato to Koeman inviting him to put him on the team. Another president / coach. What will they think Eric Garcia, Araujo or Lenglet.
And then there is the issue of maintaining the essence of the club with an offensive 4-3-3 and all those things that are very good as an idea, but with a decimated squad as it has been, it is not so easy to implement. Koeman has already seen them in all colors. I do not know a hair of the current directive after what he did to her last summer and with these kinds of proposals. Follow your path that is that of get victories with Barcelona and put the best system he considers in each game, as well as the players he deems appropriate. The rest are poison darts.
Koeman is not going to fall into the trap of a renewal conditioned on these arguments. He knows that he is not Laporta’s technician, that was already very clear to him last year. AND also know that the only valid arguments To continue one more year at Barcelona is to win La Liga. It should not be forgotten that with a better squad I no longer won it last year and that the champion, Atltico de Madrid, has improved it with a dismissal precisely from Bara.
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