Talking about a robot portrait to be drawn by the Barcelona coach starting next June 30 is a chimerical point. Taking into account the delicate economic situation of the club and the terrible sporting situation of the team, thinking about a coaching model is complex. Suddenly, in the salad of usual names, technicians of different stripes emerge and who bear little resemblance to each other, beyond the fact that many are coaches who are doing a good job on their teams.
An emergency solution, in the event that Xavi Hernández had been dismissed, was that of the coach of the Barcelona subsidiary, Rafa Márquez, but it does not seem that the Mexican has many options when it comes to leading a long-term project. The fact of applying quickly and publicly on Saturday night after learning of Xavi’s departure at the end of the course has not gone down too well within the club either. Another old acquaintance whose name has appeared in recent days is the name of Thiago Motta, a close friend of Deco and who currently manages Bologna. His team is fighting to enter the European zone in Serie A after drawing at San Siro against Milan on Saturday.
Likewise, the journalist Gerard Romero mentioned on TV3 the name of Imanol Alguacil (Real Sociedad) as a technician who is very popular among the club’s leadership. The San Sebastian team is one of the best players in the League, is alive in the Champions League and is a semi-finalist in the Cup. They also like, of course, Míchel (Girona), one of the fashionable coaches in Europe due to the historic campaign of his set. Míchel was very respectful of Xavi this Sunday and said he was focused on Giriona. On the international scene, one of Joan Laporta’s dreams would be that of Jürgen Klopp, who has already said that he will rest next year after announcing that he is leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. Klopp is one of the best coaches in the world but his cachet is high. On the other hand, his compatriot Thomas Tuchel, now in charge of Bayern, is seduced by training in Spain, as he declared this Sunday. At the time when the replacement of Ronald Koeman was being considered, Laporta did not hide that he liked technicians from the German school.
The coach arriving in June will be the eighth since the departure of Josep Guardiola (2012): Tito Vilanova, Gerardo Martino, Luis Enrique Martinez, Ernesto Valverde, Quique Setien, Ronald Koeman and Xavi Hernandez.
