Mercato | Mercato – Barcelona: Barça's locker room pays tribute to Ronald Koeman!

Posted on October 28, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. by Th.B. updated October 28, 2021 at 7:37 pm

With a dismissal hanging over his face for several weeks, Ronald Koeman was finally dismissed on Wednesday night after yet another setback in La Liga. The opportunity for some of his former players to send him a farewell message.

In August 2020, Ronald Koeman disembarked after the sinking of FC Barcelona in Lisbon. Indeed, in the context of Final 8 of the Champions League and the quarter-final against Bayern Munich , Barça de Quique Setién bowed heavily to the team that would become European champion a few days later with a score of 8 goals to 2. In the wake of his appointment, Ronald Koeman explained wanting to rejuvenate FC Barcelona during his presentation press conference. There followed the successive departures of Arturo Vidal, of Luis Suarez , of 'Ivan Rakitic or still from Nelson Semedo . Despite a rather promising start with a new look Barça, the Dutch technician failed to establish his philosophy in the long term and could have been dismissed at the end of last season since Joan < strong> Laporta would have sought to find a successor to him. Finally, the president of FC Barcelona, ​​ reelected last March, decided to leave Koeman in his post, and also at the beginning of October when he was a again in the hot seat. Following the defeat conceded in La Liga on the lawn of Rayo Vallecano Wednesday night (1-0), Ronald Koeman was dismissed from his post when his contract expired next June. Sergi Barjuan take over while Xavi Hernandez drops off his bags? The former glory of FC Barcelona, ​​ which currently officiates at Al Sadd where he is under contract until December 2022, is announced as being the successor of Koeman.

Pique, Alba, Fati… Barça executives say goodbye

And while Ronald Koeman was forced to pack up, some players from < strong> FC Barcelona made a point of using their social networks to bid him farewell. This was notably the case with Gerard Piqué who took to Twitter to share his feelings about it. “It has been a great pleasure to be of service to you Ronald Koeman. I wish you the best for the future. A big hug to you, Mister ”. On the same platform, Sergiño Dest also had a few words towards Koeman . “Thank you for your faith and your advice. I will always appreciate it. Good luck in your next chapter sir ”. Another heavyweight of FC Barcelona , Jordi Alba also spoke about the not unexpected departure of < strong> Ronald Koeman , but this time through a Story posted on his Instagram account. “Thank you very much for everything Mister! I wish you the best “.

This Thursday afternoon, Pedri opened the ball by posting a message more argued than his teammates on his Instagram account in which he thanked the Dutch technician for giving him a chance. “I'm sorry things didn't go the way we wanted them to, coach. I will always be grateful for everything he did for me: for giving me his confidence from the first moment and for the opportunity to make my dream at FC Barcelona come true ”. A flagship member of Barça's renowned Masia, Ansu Fati was shorter in an Instagram story. “Thanks for everything, Mister! And to all your staff. I wish you the best for the future “. The new number 10 of FC Barcelona wished the best to the now ex-coach of the club culé who received a message from a former player of FC Barcelona also in the person of 'Ilaix Moriba who packed his bags for the RB Leipzig this summer. “Thank you very much for everything, Mister, and good luck.” The page Ronald Koeman turns to FC Barcelona and some protagonists have decided to leave one last trace before closing this chapter.

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