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Ronald Koeman outspoken about his dismissal at Barcelona. The Dutch coach accused the President Joan Laporta get rid of it.
Koeman was sacked from the Barcelona coach on 28 October 2021. He was later replaced Xavi Hernandez.
Koeman previously coached Barcelona since the summer of 2020. He replaced Quique Setien, who was sacked after a 2-8 defeat to Bayern Munich.
At Barcelona, Koeman failed to bring Barcelona to a trophy. In his first season, Lionel Messi et al only finished third in LaLiga, while this season they are still scattered in fourth place in the Spanish League standings. In fact, Koeman also helped make Barcelona eliminated from the Champions League, due to a series of poor results in the group stage under his direction.
Ronald Koeman explained, he was fired because he was not given time by Joan Laportawho just last year was re-elected as President Barcelona. He was rightly disappointed in his dismissal.
“They didn’t give me time, like they gave the new coach, Xavi. It still hurts me. I worked with a lot of injury problems. Now Pedri is back fit, and Ousmane Dembele, you can see everything,” Koeman told Dutch media. , Algemeen Dagblad.
“Laporta told me a thousand times, Xavi would not be his coach, because he lacked experience. I was not Laporta’s preferred coach. I had that feeling from the first moment, after the election there was no match. The support needed from above was lacking.”
“The important thing is not money for me. I really want to be successful as a coach at Barcelonato do everything I could, but I realized that Joan Laporta want to get rid of me, because I was not appointed by him,” said Ronald Koeman.
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