Only days have passed for manager Ronald Koeman, as Barcelona have made clearer moves in their replacement search plan. Accordingly, the Catalan team recently mentioned the name Hansi Flick.
By late afternoon on Wednesday (local time, May 19), Marca said that Barca's board had focused on the departing coach of Bayern Munich. For that reason, the home team has quickly reduced the bet on the German strategist's ability to play at Camp Nou.
The problem for Joan Laporta and Barca's leadership is that Flick has agreed to lead the German national team when Joachim Low resigned after the EURO 2020 Finals this summer. However, according to RAC1, Barca still has the advantage of not being involved in a contract dispute because Flick has not signed anything with the German Football Federation (DFB).
The question is, will Barca make convincing enough offers and coach the 56-year-old club, after reaching a mouthful agreement with DFB, accepting a decision change? It is not easy for Barca to get the coach who has brought Bayern 7 championships in 1 and a half years of work, because as initial information from Germany, he will not change the plan
As for Barca, in the discussion of the Board of Directors, they found that this was not the right time to put Xavi Hernandez in that position. In fact, there is no chance for Xavi to become the Blaugrana coach in the coming season at this time, as the legend has just signed a 2-year contract extension with Al Sadd.
Other options are also considered too complicated. Erik ten Hag has just renewed with Ajax Amsterdam, while bringing Jurgen Klopp from Liverpool will be too far away for Barcelona at the moment.
Of course, Koeman is still Barcelona's coach. He has not been informed about not continuing his work at Camp Nou next season, because according to the press of the land of cow fighting, Laporta will not have any decision until they have found a replacement.
It is also possible that Laporta still has some confidence in Koeman. However, there is not much time left as he and Barca have a lot of work to do this summer. Early confirmation of the coaching position for the upcoming season must be one of the first issues to be solved. That is, negotiate quickly with Flick to announce the results, have a new coach or even confirm that Koeman will stay, before getting into personnel issues.
Liga 2020-21 will end this weekend, Barca will run out of chances to compete for the championship as visitors against bottom team Eibar.
