And the favorite becomes Ernesto Valverde
It started with three stories and it’s becoming more solid now: Juan Carlos Unzue, Luis Enrique’s assistant, will probably not be Barcelona’s next coach after his current boss leaves.
The three stories we saw earlier? One, that Unzue was being considered as the next Celta Vigo coach. Two, that Unzue had a heated argument with star player Neymar. Three, that vice president Jordi Mestre said the next coach would not be announced until the end of the season “out of respect for Luis Enrique.” Hmm, if it were his assistant who’d get the job, why would that be disrespect to Luis Enrique...?
And today, Diario SPORT is firmly saying Unzue’s chances of becoming the next manager are slipping.
Now, what we get out of the local media in Barcelona can be distorted, often not by journalists but by sources. A player, agent, board member, or coach may have ulterior motives for leaking information that might be misleading, incomplete, wrong or... correct.
But it’s hard not to see the river of these stories flowing in a certain direction, when a few months ago, we had the opposite flow. It was not uncommon to see positive stories about Unzue, almost like someone wanted to put the idea out and see how it would be received.
The article in SPORT today mentions these stories, and also that:
- Many in the dressing room don’t like Unzue.
- He had another confrontation, perhaps less heated though, with Jordi Alba.
- He came up with the 3-4-3 system which is controversial with the players, especially with Alba.
- He’s responsible for set plays, which this year haven’t been great.
- In internal polls, the socis do not prefer Unzue and in public polls, the general public doesn’t either.
- A coach from outside gives fans another person to blame if things goes wrong, providing the president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the sporting director Robert Fernandez a “safety net.”
Now of course, no one can really know until the decision is announced, but it’s looking less and less likely for Unzue, and more and more likely for Athletic Club’s Ernesto Valverde.
Yes, there are other options, but at this point, Valverde is the favorite.
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