Posted on November 18, 2021 at 5.30 p.m. by Amadou Diawara
Since the start of the season, Ronald Koeman has not been able to keep Barça's ship afloat. While he had a series of poor performances, the Dutch coach was thanked by Joan Laporta, after yet another defeat against Rayo Vallecano. To replace Ronald Koeman, the president of FC Barcelona has decided to bet on Xavi, a former blaugrana house. After having fully validated the return of the Spanish technician, Oscar Mingueza explained why Joan Laporta did well to thank Ronald Koeman.
Ronald Koeman had the difficult task of saving a crumbling building. After a catastrophic 2019-2020 season, FC Barcelona decided to thank Quique Setién and replace him with the Dutch technician. Appointed to launch a revolution at Barça, Ronald Koeman failed to fulfill his mission. While his 2020-2021 season has not been brilliant at all, the former Netherlands manager was completely wrong at the start of this exercise. And after receiving a reprieve, Ronald Koeman was finally ousted following an umpteenth loss to Rayo Vallecano at the end of October. To compensate for the departure of his coach, Joan Laporta decided to trust Xavi, former captain of Barça. And to repatriate the Spanish technician, the Catalan president had to find common ground with Al-Sadd, his former club. Now that Xavi is finally back at FC Barcelona, Oscar Mingueza has fully validated his arrival, before admitting that Joan Laporta was forced to separate from Ronald Koeman .
“The locker room needed a change, I'm sure Xavi will do well”
“Xavi's return?” The locker room needed a change. It didn't have the atmosphere we needed. People weren't happy. And when you're not well and things go wrong, you need a change of scenery. I'm sure Xavi will do well with us. The idea he had is very good. He entered the locker room with a lot of enthusiasm. People believe in what he says and this is very important. The last months of Ronald Koeman? The team stopped trusting their ideas and everyone tried to change things. We were not good, neither individually nor collectively. When the dynamics are not good, everyone does what they can, but we also didn't believe in what we wanted. I'm sure things will change and get better now. And I don't think we'll have to wait two or three months to see these changes. From this weekend, we will see new things ”, declared Oscar Mingueza, defender of Barça, during an interview granted to TV3.