Ronald Koeman is a dead man walking. So why is he managing the next match? It’s sad that this is the way we are speaking of a club legend, who came to FC Barcelona and gave up the chance to manage his home country, the Netherlands, at the Euros in the process. But it’s quite evident that the belief in him is gone from the team’s upper management. Prolonging the inevitable won’t help.
Joan Laporta took a risk staying with Koeman over the summer. Koeman was not Laporta’s hire; it was his predecessor who chose him.