With the more than recent dismissal of Quique Setién, which became official during the afternoon of this Monday, Barcelona want to sign as soon as possible the one who will be their new coach for next season. And as the Dutch media 'Voetbal International' reports, a delegation from the Barça club would have traveled today to try to close the signing of Ronald Koeman, who, precisely, they hunted yesterday Sunday at the Barcelona airport.
The main stumbling block for the negotiation is the Dutch Federation, since it should be remembered that Koeman is, until now, the national coach. However, the media itself indicates that the Zaandam technician would have already informed the KNVB of his decision to leave. In addition, they point out that he would even have chosen the one who will be his second coach at Barcelona: Alfred Schreuder, who was Erik ten Hag's technical assistant at Ajax and later the replacement for Julian Nagelsmann at Hoffenheim (he was fired on matchday 30 of last season).
Not long ago, Koeman already dropped his great desire to coach Barça one day. And it is that his name already came to the fore with the dismissal of Ernesto Valverde. However, he gave priority to the Dutch team, which he hoped to lead in the postponed Euro 2020. For this reason, that door is the one that seems to open wide to, this time, take the Barça train.