Barcelona Announced Ernesto Valverde as the Manager to Replace Luis Enrique

Ernesto Valverde was appointed as the new manager of Barcelona football club as he penned a 3 year contract. After the end of his deal at Athletic, the Spaniard returned to the Spanish team after Luis Enrique announced in early March that he was going to vacate the post at the end of the season.

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Luis Enrique’s assistant Unzué also had a run for the managerial post, but didn’t get the job because he didn’t have enough experience at the managerial level. Even though some of the players wanted Unzué to become the head coach, the board members preferred not to gamble by choosing him the way gamers would effortlessly play BGO online casino games so they opted for the more experienced.

Josep Maria Bartomeu confirmed at the press conference about the appointment of Ernesto and talked about his capacity, knowledge of the game and his style of play.

Valverde who played for Cruyff at Barca during his playing days has the correct experience and style that suits the club and with no doubt he has the potential to succeed.

The 53 year old would follow the path of Pep Guardiola, Tito Vilanova and Enrique who all once played for the team, coached the team, and won the league in the first year at the club. The expectations are high at the club giving the recent success of the league winners Real Madrid.

Previous Spells in Previous Clubs

Ernesto has previously coached at Espanyol from 06 to 08 and reached the final at UEFA Cup. He beat Barca in 2015 to lift the Spanish Supercopa at Athletic Bilbao and helped them qualify for Europe 5 times out of 6 years in the team. He also had a spell at Olympiacos lifting 3 greek titles and 2 cups with the team.

Previous Clubs as a Player

He starred for Sestao, Espanyol, Athletic, Mallorca, and a short term with Barca between 88 and 90, where he was guided by Johan Cruyff, this got him the credit which made him a viable option to succeed Enrique.

Ernesto brought with him from Athletic Bilbao, his 2 trusted staffs ‘’assistant and fitness coach’’ to join his new team and together challenge to win over Spanish and European football.

Valverde first combative match will be versus bitter rivals and league winners R Madrid in the first leg super cup at camp nou.

The team also has preseason friendly matches against 20 times English champions Man u, Italian giants Juve, and Laliga winners’ R Madrid.