Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font has sensationally claimed he will sack Ronald Koeman and replace him with club legend Xavi if he is elected next year.
Koeman is set to be announced as the club's new manager on Wednesday after Quique Setien was sacked in the aftermath of Barcelona's humiliating Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich.
Current president Josep Maria Bartomeu is under increasing pressure at the top of the club with elections planned for the first match day from March 15 next year after they were brought forward.
Font is in the running to oust Bartomeu as president and has not hidden his desire to appoint Xavi as manager.
Speaking on Spanish radio programme El Larguero on Tuesday night, Font sensationally announced Koeman will be fired and replaced by Xavi if he is elected, regardless of how the former Everton and Southampton manager does.
More to follow.
maycmoruz
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Is Victor Font mad?? Koeman is a great coach like it or not n I know Coutinho will flourish under his watch. Let Victor Font stay away if he has nothing good to offer
VARISSHIT
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barca's presidential candidates and fans should stop with xavi's thing now... xavi surely said he wants to coach barca, but if he thinks he is not ready at the moment, how can we be sure of him succeeding ? if he fails too, would everyone start complaining xavi out ? no... everyone wants xavi, me too, but if he doesn't feel prepared to coach barca, he won't be wrong, after all he himself wants the best for barca
zeejay87
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if koeman is doing great things u can't just sack him like that the fans will come on u like wild fire then u will start feeling the pressure.after all xavi was giving the chance but he rejected ,so let xavi have the experience he wants to have.he will be next after koeman
vecbeiknru
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Barca should stop this Xavi thing. Besides Xavi is not God and there is no guarantee that he will be successful as a coach at Barca.. Let's give our support to RK and hope for the best..