The legend that could have 'stolen' the Barça bench from Xavi

It does roughly a year, the FC Barcelona crossed a difficult moment in the season, so much in LaLiga as in the Champions, tournament in which, to the equal that in this edition, was to the edge of the elimination in the phase of groups. For then, the president Joan Laporta already had decided destituir to Ronald Koeman like trainer and stirred the name of one of the best players of the last years like option.

It treats of Andrea Pirlo, the one who did not bring a good backrest in his cycle headed by the Juventus. The ex midfield player initiated his cycle with the 'Vecchia Signora' doing charge of the filial sub-23 and grieve a week afterwards was called to direct to the first team. Later, it would finish fourth in the Series To and without adding trophies to the vitrinas of the club in the course 2020/21.

Pirlo Did not obtain the vote of the captains

In accordance with the information revealed by the newspaper 'Sport', the current jerarca Barcelona was had to give him a vote of confidence to the Italian, in the one who saw to a trainer with a similar profile to the of Frank Rijkaard. However, it did not have the support by part of the players. Everything would be subjected to consideration between Laporta, the four captains and other three players with hierarchy in the team.

In that meeting, the president communicated them that Ronald Koeman would not keep on being trainer of the FC Barcelona and had proposed the name of Andrea Pirlo like his successor. The newspaper explains that any of the present players showed in favour of the decision, leaving him a clear message to Laporta that it had to consider other options for that moment.

Like contraoferta, some of them asked that it was Xavi Hernández the one who assumed the reins of the first team. Laporta Promised them consider it and finally would be the egarense the one who would do charge of the technical direction after the period of Sergi Barjuan like interim trainer. By his part, Pirlo occupies at present the bench of the Fatih Karagümrük of the Turkish football.