The signing of Ronald Koeman, that was presented yesterday like new trainer of the FC Barcelona, has not gone out him free to the Barcelona club. According to the informations published by 'The Avant-garde', the Catalan entity has had to credit a figure from among four and five million euros to the Dutch federation in concept of clause liberatoria. A formally paid quantity by the technician, but that to the practical would be paid by the club.
It is necessary to remember that Ronald Koeman always has been one of the technicians that Josep Maria Bartomeu has had in mind since the things with Ernesto Valverde began to not working well. Maybe the ideal moment to bring to the Dutch had been summer of 2019, when all cracked as a result of the (another) humiliation in Champions League against the Liverpool, this night that the culés carried four and that all thought that the cycle of the Txingurri had finished.
Nevertheless, in this occasion, Josep Maria Bartomeu ratified to the trainer extremeño, although yes it decided to cease him in January, when it was deleted of the Supercopa of Spain against the Athletic of Madrid. In this moment, tantearon two options: Xavi Hernández and the own Ronald Koeman. The problem was that neither the Catalan neither the Dutch -this because had the Eurocopa with Holland to five months dress- wanted to take the reins of a project to half of season.
Finally, Quique Setién was the elected in this moment, but the Cantabrian neither had good 'feeling' with the changing room neither much less attained to win some important title: the FC first Barcelona was deleted of the Glass of Rey, afterwards delivered LaLiga Santander to the Real Madrid and, finally, fell in Champions League in the hecatombe of Lisbon against the Bayern Munich. This last defeat was the one who precipitated the decision of a radical change in the club.
And this first change was the goodbye of the own Quique Setién to leave him step to Ronald Koeman, that taking into account the postponement of the Eurocopa and the uncertain international calendar, did not leave to escape the train culé for the second time. The Dutch no only is a technician with experience, but it also shares the philosophy of game of the club, is a Barcelona legend by his stage of player, knows the house and has sufficient character as to assume the changes that avecinan in the team.
A legend in the FC Barcelona
Ronald Koeman was, in addition to the boss of the defence of the Dream Team, the man that marked the goal that carried to the FC Barcelona to his first Glass of Europe in 1992. All barcelonista knows what the Dutch means for the club, as well as also they know it the players. Like this then , the ex seleccionador of the 'orange' embodies the figure of this technician that will be respected by the changing room by all what has won until today.