FC Barcelona’s legend Ronald Koeman has returned to the club but this time in a different role this time, after that humiliating exit of Champions League to Bayern. There’s been a lot of things going on at the club since last week, rumors surrounding the exit of certain players, and also some potential signings this upcoming season as well.
Bartomeu’s position is at stake if he doesn’t make things better this time and provided he has few months left for the next presidential election, he is trying to make a good image. The board has already fired the likes of Eric Abidal and Quique Setien to show their fake concerns about the team, bringing on Koeman and new coaching staff as well.
There’s no doubt about the Dutchman’s quality, however, the situations are too convincing this time with exit rumors of Messi flooding across Spanish media. In the meantime, Koeman has been open to the questions asked to him and he did give some insights about his plans to restructure the team as he intends to make few signings while supporting the talented youth of the club.
Not only this, but Koeman has also made plans about the existing players at the club including the likes of the two potential big singings last season – Antoine Griezmann & Frenkie de Jong. In his interview with NOS Voetbal, the Dutch coach did speak about the French forward and how he plans to get the maximum out of him:
“With all due respect, Griezmann isn’t a winger. He needs to play where he has his entire life, showcasing all of his qualities,” said Koeman. This is the reply to last season’s ridiculous decisions by both Valverde and Setien to play the Frenchman as a winger rather than an out and out striker, already boosted by the aging Luis Saurez.
Koeman also said, “For that reason, I believe it’s important that a coach knows his players and how to get the maximum out of them. That starts by playing them in their right position.”
Talking about his homegrown talent, Frenkie de Jong, who was also coached by the Dutchman at the national team, he said, “My idea with Frenkie is to play him in the role he had at Ajax and for the national team. I saw him in Barcelona once, playing in a different role, and I thought: ‘I’d never put him there’.”
Obviously, for this reason, we haven’t seen the best out of De Jong also because of the fact that aging Busquests is occupying the holding midfielder position and now Pjanic will come there this season. Koeman said, “When you invest a lot of money in a player you need to play him in his position, where he’ll do what you expect of him. I believe Frenkie has shown at Ajax and with the national team what his best role is.”
via Sport
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