In spite of winning the Glass of the King in the season 2020/21, Ronald Koeman did not have too margin of error when it began the following season in the bench of the FC Barcelona afterwards that during the summer sufrira the loss of Lionel Messi. The Dutch had to try do a team without the Argentinian, in addition to losing also to Antoine Griezmann. That history all know how finished and finally the Ray Vallecano, with a triumph 1-0 in Vallecas, sentenced to the exfutbolista Barcelona.
In that moment the FC Barcelona had an even more complicated economy that now, by what the options for a new sportive project were not too many, having besides in account that have to adjust with the philosophy of the club. The name of Xavi Hernández was one of the most obvious and important, although Joan Laporta also considered to a trainer that right now is triumphing in LaLiga, and from does already a considerable time.
Laporta Had to Imanol in his diary
Like this it reveals it 'Sport' this Thursday, aiming that the name of Imanol Bailiff was between which considered the president of the Barça beside the Barcelona sportive direction when it looked for a relief for Koeman. In fact, the information aims that the own Laporta already had considered to the technician of the Real Sociedad during the summer, moment in which it left him know to the Dutch that wanted to try find alternative because it was not too satisfied with that team that only had won the Glass of Rey.
The football of the Real Sociedad does not happen unobserved
That option of the maximum mandator culé surely in that moment would not have seemed too attractive, but the reality -two years afterwards- is that the Real is one of the teams of LaLiga that better football practises, giving a jump of spectacular quality in his game since it arrived to his bench Imanol. Already the past season put to the team in the Champions League after winning his group in the Europe League to the Manchester United of Cristiano Ronaldo and in the current course has been able to put to the Basque club in the eighth of final of the maximum continental competition with two parties still for contesting .