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https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/futbol/primer-equipo/noticias/1571121/quique-setien-nuevo-entrenador-del-fc-barcelona Contract length 2.5 years confirmed.

Since we're still at the top of the table currently and half the season has been played will EV get credited for this title if we go on to win it?

Change the thread's name back to Ernesto Valverde and place it in the Barca History sub-forum when his sacking is officially announced. No need to further denigrate and humiliate a man that is no longer employed for the club. Decorum needs to be restored.

I don't think the board wanted to fire Valverde mid-season in the case Xavi turned us down. They would have much preferred to keep him on until June. Unfortunately their trip to Qatar to meet Xavi was managed in shambolic fashion and everything leaked to the press making EV's job untenable.

Precisely. There a massive difference between saying you would never manage another club when you already have a secure job, and when you're sitting on the sofa at home unemployed, especially when that club is at the stature of Barca.

1216771045132292100 This is close to as official as you can get without it being directly from the club.

Lots of buzz around Pochettino right now. Would be an incredible get considering our circumstances. Otherwise the only other name being thrown out there right now is Setien. Pimienta is if all else fails.

1216754928259141632 Valverde has his belongings packed in the Ciutat Esportiva. Tomorrow he will say goodbye to everyone. The end is already written ...

1216742108209520640 Looks like he's gone.

Iconic.

1216708955851935744 Board meeting now to make a final decision.

Let's see if Barto has it in him to tell Valverde he's sacked. Have my doubts personally.

MD just changed their cover for tomorrow's paper from: "Xavi in June" to: "Valverde KO"

Iniesta: "The movements of Barça are a bit ugly; you have to have respect for your current coach. The manner of a process is what can hurt you the most. Valverde has been very weakened. I hope that the situation is solved soon because what is happening is not pleasant for neither the coach, nor...

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Lads, use your heads. If we're going after Poch it will be on a long-term deal. There is no reason to sit here moaning about Xavi turning us down if we can get Mauricio. Not the biggest Poch fan in the world, but he looks like a god compared the other dross available at the moment.

You can certainly argue that we were humiliated in Rome and at Anfield and EV had a large part to with those monumental failures in consecutive seasons. What I am sure of though is that Valverde gave it his all in those matches despite the horrific outcomes. Say what you want about him, but he...

We could have easily kept Valverde until the end of the season. Too bad the board had to go out and humiliate the lad while weakening whatever pull he had left in the dressing room. Now he's an exposed lame duck the board is going to be forced into sacking to prevent further disarray.

Aye. I would take Pep over any coach not named Klopp in world football. Calling out some of the over the top glorification he receives from deluded Cruyffistas is not tantamount to saying I don't rate the bloke, which I obviously do. Lovely insight from you as usual.