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Quique Setién has to be braver; he wasn’t hired to be Valverde’s clone

Quique Setién is on the brink.

To be fair, he was given an incredibly hard situation. Coming in for Ernesto Valverde after the winter transfer window, Setién had no say in the composition of the squad. It’s hard enough changing the team in one window, let alone with no real ability to change the team up. Martin Braithwaite was signed after Setién signed on, but that was only after Ousmane Dembélé got re-injured. Then, coronavirus hit.

It was no easy task, but Setién still accepted the job. Surely, because he thought he could get Barcelona back to basics - more possession, more build-up.