{"id":16208,"date":"2020-08-17T15:27:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16208"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:29:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:29:03","slug":"barcelona-sack-quique-setien-as-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16208","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Sack Quique Seti\u00e9n As Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/setien_08172020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/setien_08172020.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/setien_08172020-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Quique Seti\u00e9n has left his role as Barcelona first-team coach, with a replacement set to be confirmed in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old was expected to depart after Friday\u2019s humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Seti\u00e9n, who only replaced Ernesto Valverde in January, had signed a contract to keep him at the LaLiga outfit until the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But an official club statement on Monday read: \u201cThe board of directors have agreed that Quique Seti\u00e9n is no longer the first-team coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first decision within a wider restructuring of the first team which will be agreed between the current technical secretary and the new coach, who will be announced in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seti\u00e9n won 16 of his 25 games in charge of Barca, but it was his five defeats which proved crucial.<\/p>\n<p>Even before Friday\u2019s thrashing to Bayern Munich, the Spaniard was under pressure after he failed to stop Real Madrid clinching the LaLiga title.<\/p>\n<p>The former Real Betis boss was also unable to lead Barcelona to success in the Copa del Rey either, with Athletic Bilbao knocking them out in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>One of the problems for the new manager to solve will be the future of captain Lionel Messi, who will be out of contract next summer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-16208\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16208&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-16208\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16208&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-16208\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16208&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16208\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quique Seti\u00e9n has left his role as Barcelona first-team coach, with a replacement set to be confirmed in the coming days. 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