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Ronald Koeman during a party of the Barcelona

It CAN CONTINUE IN THE BARÇA?

Already there is decision taken on the future of Ronald Koeman

Published:14/03/2021 - 00:49h

Updated:14/03/2021 - 00:49h

The new managerial board of the Barça, chaired by Joan Laporta, will give continuity to the project of Ronald Koeman like trainer of the Barcelona group

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The FC Barcelona has not had a simple season. The course had begun like a Russian mountain of feelings and results, with the figure of Ronald Koeman in discussion constantly. Without going further, in December, after the tie in front of the Cádiz (1-1) in the Carranza and the defeat in front of the Juventus (0-3) in the Camp Nou, signed the dismissal of the Dutch. Three months afterwards, the situation is very different.

The blaugrana in this 2021 have lived new tactical revolutions, changes of drawing, alignments surprises and important irruptions of youngsters of The Farm that have allowed that the culés, to day of today, only register three defeats (in front of Athletic in the Supercopa, Seville in Glass and PSG in Champions) in what it goes of year. The big manager has been Ronald Koeman, that is achieving little by little give with the key of the regularity, what has left to the Barça alive in LaLiga Santander and Glass of Rey.

Thus, the confidence in his project is total and, if there is not any surprise, would have all the opportunities to continue to the control of the Barcelona bench the next season and fulfil the agreement of two years that signed in August of the past year, when Josep María Bartomeu appointed it like the trainer of the first team blaugrana. After the deployment of the culés, especially in the last month, the confidence of Joan Laporta, new president, in Koeman is total and will keep it in his charge.

The big tarpaulins of Koeman

The Dutch has bet by The Farm and, from his arrival, has called to a lot of players of the quarry to train with the first team for 'test them' and later do them debut with the club. Lto confidence that has him to the youngsters is impressive and something that was necessary in Can Barça. In this sense, the irruption of players like Óscar Mingueza, Ronald Araújo or Ilaix Moriba have been of the big novelties in this Barça and have turned into key players in his approach.

But it has not been the only. It has achieved that Pedri González, that arrived to the Camp Nou in the summer, turn into one of the big stars of the Barcelona picture, with hardly 18 years. The grancanario has turned into the best 'partner' of Leo Messi and an offensive referent of the club, by his vision and reading of game, characteristics that have carried him to be indisputable headline in the Barça of Koeman.

As well as with Pedri, the Dutch has improved the figure of Frenkie of Jong or Sergio Busquets, two players escenciales for the Barça. His compatriot has improved his game and, splitting in the majority of meetings like inner (beside Pedri), his offensive contribution has seen improved, something that the barcelonismo asked to cries. Now Of Jong annotates, took, arrives from second line and surprises to his rivals. Busquets, by his part, has seen with Koeman as it has to visit fewer metres, by his role of only mediocentro, more approached to the defence, and has gone back to be the one of 'always'.

The personality of Koeman convinces to the Barça

Although Ronald Koeman landed in the City Condal with the title of the 'hero of Wembley', this did not ensure him that it could win the respect and support of the culés directing the bench of the FC Barcelona. However, to this point is more than evident that has the merits to occupy his charge and that the decisions that has taken, in spite of the one who weigh him, have been the best for the team.

His stay in Barcelona began with several controversial exits to free mass salarial (Suárez, Rakitic or Vidal), but little by little, without the signings that has asked since it arrived, has achieved to configure competitive alignments that has carried to the Barça to where is right now, with possibilities to opt by two trophies. Besides, his decisions to seat to Antoine Griezmann, in his moment, or Clement Lenglet, like a called of attention, have been key for the mejoría of the blaugrana.

The accounts 'pending' of Koeman

Although it is true that the Dutch and his management has brought a lot of profits for the Barcelona group, still there is something in what it has to work immediately, before it was very late and can cost him a title or his own dismissal. It is the defensive saga, that continues being very irregular and where the Barça commits a sinfín of errors that, in occasions, have cost points or victories.

Further of the names in the defence, the group blaugrana has failed in the collective defensive work, especially in the played to unemployed balloon. Griezmann, after the defeat in the Supercopa of Spain, had said that was missing a leader that shouted in this type of actions and organised them. In some point, the French was in the true and is an asterisk in the work that has been exerting Ronald Koeman.

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