Ernesto Valverde has been sacked for 2,5 years on the bench by Kike Setien and will have to remember the good times and the four trophies he celebrated on the Blaugrana bench.
He may get a double in 2018, a championship and a Super Cup in 2019, but Ernesto Valverde was charged with two painful Champions League exclusions from Roma and Liverpool in the 2017-2018 season and the 2018-2019 semifinals.
The former Blaugrana coach has won two championships in the two full seasons on the club's bench, but this year things seemed to be no longer working with the Catalans.
… The Spanish newspapers warmly welcomed the removal of the Basque from the Barcelona bench…
From the moment a formal discussion took place between the team and Xavi so that he could take over the team, it was not possible for Valverde to continue at the helm of Barcelona…
His dismissal was a matter of hours, it took place on Monday night, while a little later it was announced the hiring of Kike Setien on the bench of Blaugrana.
The former coach of Olympiacos is the first to be fired from the Catalan bench after Luis Van Haal 17 years ago and the undesirable image of "Barça" lately was the reason why this removal was highly accepted by the Spanish press. .
In particular, "Marca" is the most… strict of the four major newspapers as it writes on its front page that "Bertomeu is responsible for how he handled the removal of Valverde… He trained until the last minute while he should have left earlier ».
At the same time, "As" focuses on the replacement of the Basque, Kike Setien, describing him as a "firefighter", commenting that at the time of Valverde, Barcelona had "caught fire", adding that the former coach of Betis will follow in his footsteps. of Johan Cruyff…
In the "Blaugrana" newspapers, "Mundo Deportivo" has Valverde in the foreground saying goodbye from his car and noting that Setien was Xavi's proposal to the management, while "Sport" writes about the recruitment. of the 62-year-old coach, who will make his debut for the team against Granada on Sunday…
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