Barcelona respond to Jurgen Klopp link as Xavi’s replacement | JOF044I | 2024-02-06 16:08:01
Barcelona respond to Jurgen Klopp link as Xavi's replacement | JOF044I | 2024-02-06 16:08:01
Barcelona's sporting director, Deco, has described Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as a 'great coach' as the Spanish champions start their search to switch Xavi.
Final month, Xavi announced that he will step down as Barcelona's head coach at the end of the season, giving the club a number of months to seek out his successor.
Klopp, in the meantime, has also confirmed he will be leaving Liverpool this summer after nine years at Anfield.
Despite insisting that he'll take a yr out of soccer, Klopp has already been linked with a move to Camp Nou this summer time.
When asked a few potential transfer for the Liverpool manager, Deco advised La Vanguardia: 'He's an incredible coach but I don't assume it's the proper time to speak about that.
'The new coach will need to make modifications but first we should clarify the undertaking and the ideas. There are lots of choices.'
Requested about Thiago Motta and Rafa Marquez, who've additionally been linked with Barcelona, Deco replied: 'I don't comply with Motta's work much as a result of he's not in an Italian workforce that I often watch.
'I do comply with Marquez because he's here. He is a younger coach who is growing in the face of difficulties. Being here will make him a better coach.'
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Talking more broadly about Xavi's successor, Deco stated: 'He has to comply with a line of labor, we'll hardly be a staff that doesn't need to play properly, that doesn't need to have the ball.
'Starting from that idea, every coach has his personal characteristics, however whoever is available in has to have the ambition and starvation to do nice things. And he should know the place he is coming from.'
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