Koeman insists: "Let's hope that I can coach Barcelona one day"

In an interview with Marca, Ronald Koeman explained the reasons he turned down the chance to take over Barcelona in January. 

The Netherlands coach revealed that he said no because of his commitment to his country, who at the time he was looking forward to leading into Euro 2020. 

With the tournament now delayed until next summer, a job at Camp Nou looks even further away, but he remains hopeful that he will one day take over in Catalonia. 

"No, I don't think it was a bad time," he said when asked if Barça's situation at the time meant the job was not appealing to him. 

"What happened is that I have my motives with the Netherlands. Barcelona can always win big things, they have very good players, they have options to sign the best players... If I'd have been out of a job then sure, everyone likes Barcelona.

"It doesn't matter what situation they're in. I had my best spell as a player there, at Barcelona, and I have lots of love for the city. So, let's hope that I can coach Barcelona one day."

The former Barça defender, who scored when they won their first European Cup at Wembley, also spoke about how he sees the current Blaugrana side. 

"That amount of possession isn't relevant if you only create two or three chances," he said. "Playing against Napoli away from home is tough because they got lots of people behind the ball and it's difficult to open them up and create chances. A team needs, above all, a quick player.

"Look at the number of problems Vinicius [Junior] caused Barcelona. At the moment, they don't have much depth and they need someone with a good touch.

"In midfield, they have players with the same type of characteristics. I saw Ansu Fati doing very well because of his pace and they need a player like him because the others play to receive the ball."