Ronald Koeman could be living through his most difficult hours as Barcelona coach. The agony of the coach on the Camp Nou bench is lengthening longer than both parties expected. Both Koeman and the president, Joan Laporta, hoped to resolve the continuity or not of the Dutchman at the head of the team quickly, but everything indicates that the stay in the UCI will be longer than expected. The sensation of improvisation prevails in the midst of a chaos that lived on Tuesday a dizzying day in terms of meetings.
The long-awaited meeting between the president and the coach finally took place on Tuesday afternoon and was surprisingly short. Around 8:00 p.m., Ronald Koeman arrived accompanied by his representative to the club's offices where President Laporta, Vice President Rafael Yuste and the football director, Mateo Alemany, were waiting for him. Koeman arrived accompanied by his longtime manager, Rob Jansen.
The meeting was really short: 28 minutes later, the coach and his representative left the Barcelona offices looking very serious. fired at the office door by Rafael Yuste.
Ten minutes later, Barcelona stated that the meeting had been “one more regular contact in which they have stayed to have more meetings another day and there is no date or schedule planned.”
In this way, a crazy day ended in the Camp Nou offices in which the media expectation was great.
Mateu Alemany, the club's sporting director, arrived shortly before ten in the morning at the offices and shortly after that President Joan Laporta appeared. Between both, The arrival of a Dutch lawyer from the Guarda Advocaten firm, specifically his main partner, Jan Kabalt, who specializes in sports law, created interest. He has advised various clubs such as Feyenoord and the Dutch federation itself. According to Cadena SER, he also handles the legal affairs of Giorgino Wijnaldum, a Liverpool player who has just finished his contract and has been of interest to Barça for a year on the express recommendation of Ronald Koeman, the coach who could see his wish to sign Wijnaldum fulfilled once I am no longer a coach of the Blaugrana club.
The agony of Koeman, who does not yet know whether or not he will continue to lead the team, stretches against the wishes of all parties, who expected a quick resolution of the issue in one direction or another.. The economic termination of the Dutchman's contract may have a lot to do with a scenario that was foreseen brief and that points to a complicated negotiation.