Barcelona sack Setien after UCL disaster
NEWS DIGEST – Barcelona has sacked head coach Quique Setien after a trophy-less campaign that culminated in European humiliation.
The club announced the decision on Monday, just days after the club were embarrassed in the Champions League quarter-finals in a record-breaking loss to Bayern Munich.
Having already been beaten to the Liga title by arch-rivals Real Madrid, Barcelona were annihilated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in their elimination from the Champions League quarter-finals.
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As a result, the club ended the 2019-20 season trophyless, prompting Setien’s dismissal and, according to the club, a restructuring of the first-team setup.
“The Board of Directors have agreed that Quique Setién is no longer the first-team coach,” the club said in a statement.
“This is the first decision within a wider restructuring of the first team which will be agreed between the current technical secretary and the new coach, who will be announced in the coming days.”
Setien is the second Barcelona boss to be dismissed this year, with the former Real Betis boss having only joined the club in January.
It was at that time that he replaced Ernest Valverde, who was sacked following a loss to Atletico Madrid in the Supercopa de Espana despite sitting top of La Liga at the time.
