Ernesto Valverde is at present the technician of the FC Barcelona, but his future still is in the air. His agreement, signed in 2017, was of two years with another more optional so much for the technician as for the club, by what both parts will have to value said clause. In the Camp Nou bet by him, but the Txingurri still has not given an answer in firm.
According to the informations published this Wednesday by the newspaper Marks, the FC Barcelona would have given him to Ernesto Valverde term until the next month of February to decide if it will want to expand this optional season in his agreement. If the preparador extremeño decides not following, the club will investigate other roads for the bench.
One of them would be Quique Setién, current trainer of the Real Betis. The Cantabrian has a philosophy of game that asemeja a lot to the one of the FC Barcelona, since it bases in the offensive football by means of the possession of the balloon and the pressure in all the field to recover the spherical after loss. Besides, it has had a big paper in his teams.
In the first place, it was appointed technician of the UD The Palms in 2015 and had an exceptional paper, converting to a team in zone of descent and totally adrift in an offensive group, that practised very good football and that finish saving comfortably. Later, it fichó the Real Betis.
In the Andalusian team has attained to implant his style in hardly two years, carrying to the verdiblancos to classify for the current edition of the Europe League. In his second season, instrument him is playing of spectacular form, with a system of three head offices, six midfield players and a forward. The Betis leaves sixth and, in fact, attained to defeat to the FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou. His style likes and his name is in the wallet culé.
Setién Already spoke on the interest of the Barcelona
Quique Setién, in statements conceded to 'Channel South', already spoke on the possible interest of the FC Barcelona in ficharle: "This is the same that spoke with the Selection. It flatters me that it go out, but if we do case to all what goes out... The Barcelona has a grandísimo trainer, it is necessary to respect it, especially the colleagues. It is doing a big work and to the Barcelona see it well, independently that it can fail".