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Quique Setién in the stadium of the Naples

SETIÉN, THE ONLY LEVEL OPTION

The postponement of the Euro Cup ensures the continuity of Setién

Published:30/03/2020 - 09:02h

Updated:30/03/2020 - 11:27h

Suspending the Euro Cup until 2021 will almost certainly mean that Quique Setién will continue at Barça next season. Ronald Koeman was the great alternative to Santander, but he will continue in the Netherlands until the Euro Cup dispute

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The coronavirus has caused already several important consequences in the world of the football. The most significant, to the margin of the stop of all the competitions, is definitely the suspension of the Eurocopa. The maximum tournament of selections in Europe has had to be postponed until 2021 to be able to finalise the championships once happen this pandemia. This decision seems that will have an effect dominated in the FC Barcelona, that has remained without alternatives to Quique Setién.

As it aims the newspaper 'ACE', the Barcelona thought in Ronald Koeman to substitute to the Cantabrian in the case that it did not win at all this course. The Dutch, that refused the place in winter, this time was prepared to say "yes" once contested the Eurocopa. Nevertheless, after this postponement anybody doubts that the hero of the first Glass of Europe culé will continue in the combined 'orange' a year more.

Without the possibility to attend to the Dutch, Josep Maria Bartomeu has remained without options to relieve to Setién in the case that it was necessary. Xavi Hernández is entirely descartado, since as he same has recognised, wants to begin a project of zero and taking he the decisions. Without the one of Terrassa neither the one of Zaandam available and with other technicians that sounded like Roberto Martínez, also with commitments by the Eurocopa, the president will not have more remedy that trust the one of Santander.

The ex of the Betis signed until 2022 with a clause to be able to leave in 2021 if the new president -there will be elections this year- decided it like this. Nevertheless, the Barcelona has not finished to start these first months with him to the control and if it did not raise any title feared that it finish being ceased. Now, with the panorama of the stop by the COVID-19 and without Koeman, the future of the Cantabrian seems to be practically ensured.

Even in the hypothetical case that the Barcelona did not win at all, something complicated taking into account that it is the leader of LaLiga and that it is favourite to put in chambers of Champions, everything indicates that Setién will follow. The situation generated by this stop is exceptional and will do that they take exceptional decisions. The calendar will tighten when they restart the championships and this will do that the pre-season for the course that comes go to be hit to the final stretch of east. Without time to create a new project, give him continuity to the of now seems the most reasonable decision.

Only a catastrophe would do peligrar his place

Only a catastrophe like remaining deleted in eighth in front of the Naples and lose LaLiga of conclusive way in front of the Real Madrid could do that the directive plantese change of trainer. Anybody wants to think that this supposed can finish being real, by what expects that the santanderino follow. Although It Is costing him give with the key, is a good technician, has the clear ideas and from the club trust that it can do the things well in the Barça.

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