The Dutchman is featured on the cover of Mundo Deportivo, which highlights his knowledge of youth and leaders on the playing field. Goodbye to Setien?
The continuity of Quique Setién in command of Barcelona Hang on a wire and the Catalan press has already nominated the main candidate to replace him: the Dutch Patrick Kluivert, connoisseur of the Blaugrana wardrobe, who wore the club’s shirt 256 times between 1996 and 2004.
Kluivert took the title of coach in 2009, debuting on the bank of the NEC Nimega and proclaiming himself champion of his category with the Twente. He was also a forward coach in the THE, went through the Brisbane from Australia and assistant to Louis van Gaal in Brazil 2014, in which he was responsible for party strategy and attack work. Then he went through the Curacao selection in two periods, he accompanied Clarence Seedorf in Cameroon and moved to France to take over as Sporting Director of the PSG.
Since July 2019 he has been working as director of Barcelona’s grassroots football, which would be a “plus” when looking for candidates to replace Setién… if he actually leaves the club.
According to the newspaper Sports world, Kluivert is backed by the locker room. “They see it as a true standard-bearer for the Barça model, able to shake the locker room and give him precisely what Messi was demanding: intensity and character ”, affirms the newspaper, who also highlights an “excellent” relationship with “the sacred cows” of the institution.
By last, MD raises the possibility that Kluivert is for Barcelona the same as Zinedine Zidane for Real Madrid: “The high-level player who from the locker room is able to work following a clear style.” The decision, now, is in the hands of Josep Bartomeu.
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