Barcelona have sacked manager Ernesto Valverde despite the club sitting top of La Liga.

Please enter your email address. Despite winning the last 5 games, Barça have struggled to gel as a team. term as coach: 1.73 Years: Coaching Licence: … Quique Setien has come under a lot of scrutiny after his failure to guide FC Barcelona to a title win.

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Ernesto Valverde former footballer from Spain Centre-Forward ... Ernesto Valverde Tejedor: Date of birth: Feb 9, 1964: Place of birth: Viandar de la Vera : Age: ... Contract expires:-Transfer history. ': Angry Barcelona fans jeer their fallen heroes as Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique and their...'Today was a disaster, we want to apologise': Beleaguered Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu vows to make...'I feel a little sorry for Marc': Manuel Neuer sympathises with Barcelona goalkeeper and Germany team-mate...'If I'm Semedo I'd come off Instagram! With an aging squad and lack of genuine speed on the wings, they struggled to create width and hence, were in some ways, predictable and easy to contain if you somehow managed to smother the threat of Messi.To make things worse, apart from the issues on the pitch, there was a bit of friction growing between the manager and the squad in the dressing room. Best of luck in the future. But ultimately it was Setien who was seen as the safest pair of hands.

Sep 22, 2019 #402 Mark_Barca Full Member. Honours: La Liga (2017-18, 2018-19), Copa del Rey (2017-18), Spanish Super Cup (2018) He was booed by Barcelona supporting spectators in Saudi Arabia at the recent Spanish Super Cup and when they were beaten in the semi-final by Atletico Madrid last Thursday the club decided to replace the 55 year old and went for Setien after being turned down by Xavi.Mauricio Pochettino is highly regarded by president Josep Bartomeu but was always an unlikely contender having previously said he would rather 'work on a farm' than coach the rivals of his former club Espanyol.The biggest surprise is that Setien will be given a contract for the remainder of this season and for the next two years.He got Betis into the Europa League two seasons ago playing a Barça-like style of football.
Now implementing a completely different system requires time and patience.
This further fuels rumours that the players aren’t happy with the tactical decisions made by the head coach, leading to mounting tension in the side.Moreover, his questionable substitutions in terms of the timing and change in personnel has baffled the supporters whilst the slow, pedestrian, and predictable gameplay has irked countless fans. Managerial change at Barça

These were the difficulties facing Quique Setien when he took over the team.

Avg. At the end of last season he was sacked having failed to build on the previous campaign but he retained support among Barcelona supporters for famously saying that it was not enough to win; he wanted to win playing a certain style of football.Setien will be officially be announced at the Nou Camp on Tuesday, in the Presidents Suite at 1.30pm CET in a private event, the Lionel Messi looks frustrated after Barca's Spanish Super Cup defeat by Atletico MadridNot all supporters will be enamored however. Top 25 in the gallery During the cooling break in the match, video footage showed Messi twice ignoring the instructions of assistant Eder Sarabia, who is apparently not a popular figure behind the scenes. The 61-year-old Setien was linked with Watford at the start of December before they appointed Nigel Pearson.In a statement the club said it wanted to ‘publicly thank Valverde for his commitment and professionalism’, but having won the previous two Spanish titles many feel he was treated poorly.Ernesto Valverde leaves Barcelona's Joan Gamper training ground on Monday afternoonFormer Real Betis manager Quique Setien has signed a deal with the club running until 2022Betis hired Setien at the start of the 2017-18 campaign and he led them to a 6th-place finishAgreement between FC Barcelona and Ernesto Valverde to end his contract as manager of the first team.

You will receive mail with link to set new password. It’s the first time the club have dismissed a coach mid-season in 17 years and it comes despite Barcelona being top of La Liga. The journeyman coach’s former teammate Ernesto Valverde is not having the best of times at Barça. At the end of last season he was sacked having failed to build on the previous campaign but he retained support among Barcelona supporters for famously saying that it was not enough to win; he wanted to win playing a certain style of football.Setien will be officially be announced at the Nou Camp on Tuesday, in the Presidents Suite at 1.30pm CET in a private event, the Lionel Messi looks frustrated after Barca's Spanish Super Cup defeat by Atletico MadridNot all supporters will be enamored however. Thank you for everything, Ernesto. term as coach: 1.73 Years: Coaching Licence: … Does he want to spend his time left in that shirt? The players are already used to a certain way of playing, have specific fitness levels and are accustomed to a particular intensity during training.

His career really took off when Valverde joined the top-flight side Español making his La Liga debut in a 1-1 draw against Atlético de Madrid in August 1986. This is an overview of the career of a manager.

Ernesto Valverde. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Diese Statistik zeigt in der Detailansicht die bisherigen Stationen von Ernesto Valverde. But the poetic return has not taken place till date. Ernesto Valverde is SACKED by Barcelona despite sitting top of La Liga as little-known Quique Setien takes over on two-and-a-half year deal after Spanish giants were turned down by Xavi This is even before considering the political fiasco at boardroom level at Barca, the horrendous transfer activity and the decision-making in general. But ultimately it was Setien who was seen as the safest pair of hands. Benítez in top 10