The technical office of the FC Barcelona was very fast to the hour to look for him a substitute to Luis Enrique Martínez. Although the club did not speak directly with Ernesto Valverde until this communicated definitively his exit of the Athletic Club of Bilbao, the contacts already had existed previously.
As as they explain from the City Condal, inside the club already smelt the exit of "Struggle" this summer. This was what had commented them the Asturian technician to the managers of the flat sportive of the first team finish the 2015-2016.
And in the moment in that it knew that the míster Barcelona would abandon the team to the term of the station, Robert Fernández put hands to the work. It was between finals of December and starts of January when it knew the official decision of Luis Enrique, by what there was time of manoeuvre.
Robert contacted with the surroundings of Valverde in January
It was precisely in January when Robert contacted with the surroundings of Valverde. The extremeño was the first option and of these conversations remained clear that went to leave the Basque team and that would do him a lot of illusion put at the head of a team like the Barça. And like this it has been.