BREAKING: Quique Setien formally SACKED by Barcelona as membership wields axe after UEFA Champions League debacle

Barcelona have at this time sacked supervisor Quique Setien simply days after his facet’s humiliating Eight-2 defeat towards Bayern Munich, amid rumors that membership’s present instability has led to prized asset Lionel Messi requesting a switch.

Setien, who was appointed as Ernesto Valverde’s successor in January, had a tumultuous spell within the cost of the Catalan giants, which his place mired virtually instantly by studies that lots of the first staff enjoying squad have been unconvinced by his management.

The state of affairs on the membership degenerated post-lockdown, as Barca surrendered their La Liga crown to rivals Actual Madrid after which suffered the historic Champions League reverse to Bayern Munich

The style of the membership’s exit from Europe appeared to seal Setien’s destiny because the membership’s under-fire president Josep Maria Bartomeu, apparently keen to handle the membership’s flaws forward of campaigning for re-election to his place subsequent 12 months, lastly withdrew his backing for his beleaguered coach.

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“Quique Setién not first staff coach,” the membership introduced in an announcement. “The brand new coach will probably be introduced within the coming days as a part of a large ranging restructuring of the primary staff.

The present wave of discontent because the Camp Nou has led to livid hypothesis that Lionel Messi has demanded to depart the membership this summer season, with hypothesis suggesting the Argentinian maestro is eyeing a reunion with former boss Pep Guardiola at Manchester Metropolis, and even with former teammate Neymar at Paris Saint-Germain.

It appears like yesterday when entire of the fanbase acquired overjoyed over the sacking of Valverde and anticipated Setien will deliver some modifications alongside fairly a rocky path forward. In the long run underneath varied circumstances, Setien drifted away from his phrases and the remaining is
Thanks Setien GL https://t.co/3Dx03ZF7ue

— Dev Singh (@DevSingh0529) August 17, 2020

Goodbye Quique Setien.
Sorry that your goals became a nightmare inside the twinkle of a watch.

Possibly in a unique time and underneath a unique circumstance, issues might need gone utterly in a different way.

Most of us know that you just have been a pawn in all of this. All the most effective 👏🏽

— Edmund 💉 (@EdmundOris) August 17, 2020

He's the least at fault. He was simply the scapegoat. Bartomeu & half of the gamers must be gone. Setien is definitely an ideal coach if you happen to've seen what he's carried out earlier than. You possibly can't do nothing with these ageing gamers & incompetent board🤦🏽‍♂️ https://t.co/nFg0AsscS7

— eric g♟ (@LuceroEric4) August 17, 2020

The transfer concludes Setien’s turbulent eight-month spell with the Spanish giants, and he now turns into the primary Barca boss since Radomir Antic in 2003 to depart the membership with out securing any silverware in his time in cost.

As for who will step into the Camp Nou dugout subsequent, studies from Spanish media recommend that the membership’s former participant Ronald Koeman is about to be appointed as Setien’s alternative, beating out fellow candidates Mauricio Pochettino, Xavi and Laurent Blanc for the coveted, however demanding, job. 

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