The motives Joan Laporta gave for Ronald Koeman to stay
The president explained the situation with the coach who will not be leaving
Ronald Koeman is staying at Barcelona for another season. Joan Laporta said so in the press conference he had after meeting with the board on Thursday.
“If he didn’t have another year on his deal we would have reached the same conclusion,” said Laporta. “The year was not a condition. This board has always believed in Koeman. The conversations were to get to know each other better, know what went wrong, correct mistakes. The conversations had nothing to do with contractual terms. We are very satisfied with him.”
The president took advantage of the media’s questions to praise the coach. “We’ve seen a Koeman who is very hopeful that the next season will be very good. I’ve seen him with a good attitude and enthusiastic. We hope it will be a good season.”
After insisting the Dutchman has always been the first option, he said: “Now we know where we are. Koeman was already aware of the work that Mateu Alemany and Rafa Yuste were doing. We are unifying criteria and hoping to find a way of working everyone likes.”
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