Official: Ronald Koeman remains coach of FC Barcelona | Football

sport">The former national team coach of Orange signed a contract with his former club until mid-2022 last year. He is now getting the confidence of the club management after a few uncertain weeks, Laporta made clear.

sport">Laporta praised Koeman’s exemplary behavior during the period of reflection. “We see that the coach is very motivated and he already has a year of experience ‘in this dressing room’, which we want to strengthen. I think Koeman will do well because he is the coach we want.”

sport">According to the chairman, there is not yet a longer contract for Koeman in Barcelona. “We may soon have a meeting to discuss this topic,” he said. The coach will also not hand in a salary and his contract has not been adjusted. Koeman has already lost his salary last season. So we didn’t even talk about that,” said the chairman.

sport">Koeman won the Copa Del Rey last year with FC Barcelona, ​​but there was some discussion about his position as the Catalans finished disappointingly despite a great mid-season. But Koeman stays, and will now hope that star player Lionel Messi does the same.

sport">Messi wanted to leave Barcelona at the start of the season, but under Koeman, what many consider to be the best footballer ever had a strong season. The question now is whether the almost 34-year-old Messi wants to play for another club again or whether he wants to build a new Barça with Koeman and also Frenkie de Jong.

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