THE CLUB URGED HIM TO MAKE CHANGES
Koeman did not listen to the club and refused to change the Barça captains
Published:14/05/2021 - 14:41h
Updated:14/05/2021 - 14:41h
Ronald Koeman arrived in a Barça locker room sunk and divided in the summer. Upon his arrival, the club urged him to revolutionize the changing room by changing several of the captains. The Dutch ended up discarding this option
Ronald Koeman arrived to the changing room of the FC Barcelona in the worst possible moment. The Dutch landed in the Barça after a year in white and after the worst goleada that the Barcelona have received in his history in Champions League. The 2-8 against the Bayern of Munich did a lot damage and almost finishes with Leo Messi out of the club. The Argentinian wanted to go and the Dutch had to lidiar with this subject during all the summer.
Finally, the one of Rosario remained half forced and the one of Zaandam had to work with him to go back to put in dynamic the before possible. In addition to this, the Dutch also had to lidiar with the cases of Luis Suárez, Arturo Vidal and Ivan Rakitic, players to which the managerial wanted to was. By all this, is evident that the climate that breathed in Can Barça in these starts was not the best.
But no only with this had to torear the ex seleccionador of Holland, since from the club urged him to do an important revolution inside the changing room. The directive and the technical office were not happy with the captains after the disastrous season and of the painful 'KO' in front of the Bayern. Taking out to Messi of the equation, as 'Sport' sand questioned the fault of leadership and to know be of the rest of 'capis'.
Sergio Busquets, the second, Gerard Hammered, the third, Sergi Roberto, the chamber, went the distinguished. The idea was that the míster gave a hit on of the table and showed that it was he the one who went to command in the Barcelona from this moment. To Ronald put him the example of Johan Cruyff, that in his day decided to designate he same to the captains in another situation of crisis parecia to that.
The three names that gave the club to substitute to Busquets, Hammered and Sergi were Marc-André ter Stegen, Frenkie of Jong and Clément Lenglet. The three were in that then values of present and future for the Barça, by what had some sense. Now, to 'past bull' had not had any sense proclaim captain to the Frenchman, that has not given the size and that not even deserves be headline. However, the German and the half Dutch would not have been bad captains.
Koeman Did not want to impose to the players
Koeman Thought the recommendation of the club during several days, but finally decided to decline it. The technician, that also was a 'heavy weight' in his day, knows better that anybody what means to be in the Barça and therefore it preferred not doing at all and that went the staff, as always, those that chose captains. The election was the same of always and at all changed regarding status in the changing room barcelonista.