Barcelona sack coach Setien following Bayern drubbing
BARCELONA: Barcelona have sacked coach Quique Setien and brought presidential elections forward to March 2021, the club said on Monday, three days after the Spanish side were hammered 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Barca finished second in La Liga behind champions Real Madrid and were knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage by Athletic Bilbao. According to widespread Spanish media reports, Netherlands coach and former Barca defender Ronald Koeman is set to be named as Setien's successor.The statement, which was released more than nine hours after president Josep Maria Bartomeu and directors had begun a board meeting, also said the club's hierarchy had decided against calling an election imminently in the wake of the Bayern defeat, as many fans and influential voices had demanded.
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