{"id":23921,"date":"2020-08-21T07:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=23921"},"modified":"2020-08-21T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T23:00:52","slug":"can-ronald-koeman-saves-barcelona-from-a-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2020\/08\/21\/can-ronald-koeman-saves-barcelona-from-a-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Ronald Koeman saves Barcelona from a slump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have finally appointed Ronald Koeman as their new manager.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment comes after the Catalans humiliated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League last week.<\/p>\n<p>Koeman, who has left his role as manager of the Netherlands, has signed a two-year-deal with Barcelona, who sacked Quique Setien on Monday after he presided over the club\u2019s worst defeat ever in European competition and a first trophy-less season for the club since the 2007-08 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Koeman, who will be officially presented at the Camp Nou stadium later on Wednesday, is dearly loved at Barca for his role in Johan Cruyff\u2019s hugely successful side known as the \u2018Dream Team\u2019 and for scoring the goal that delivered the club\u2019s first ever European Cup in 1992.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd0a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonaldKoeman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RonaldKoeman<\/a>: &quot;Today is a day to be very happy and proud. Everyone knows what Bar\u00e7a means to me. This is my home&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd35\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KoemanCuler?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KoemanCuler<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pCtrMD1J1Q\">pic.twitter.com\/pCtrMD1J1Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1296121179908997126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The defender later became the club\u2019s assistant coach before embarking on a career as a head coach, managing Dutch sides Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord plus Premier League sides Southampton and Everton and La Liga\u2019s Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarcelona and Ronald Koeman have come to an agreement for him to be the team\u2019s coach until 30 June 2022,\u201d said Barca\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA club legend and Barca\u2019s hero at Wembley who gave fans their first European Cup, Koeman is coming back to the Camp Nou. But this time he will be in the dugout to lead the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koeman has frequently been linked with the Barcelona job in the past, in spite of a somewhat patchy club record which included disappointing stints at Valencia and Everton.<\/p>\n<p>But he worked wonders with the Dutch national team, leading them to 2019 UEFA Nations League final as well as earning qualification to the postponed European Championships after they had failed to reach Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WrSk586aJ5\">pic.twitter.com\/WrSk586aJ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1296015736855580672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past two and a half years, I have done everything I can to achieve success with the team,\u201d Koeman told the website of the Netherlands\u2019 soccer association, the KNVB.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look back with pride on what we have achieved together in that period. The Dutch national team has a bright future, I am convinced of that. Everyone knows that Barcelona is my dream club. It feels very special to me to be able to become a coach there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The KVNB\u2019s director Eric Gudde added: \u201cWe regret Ronald\u2019s decision, but respect his choice. In the period that Ronald has been national coach, he has achieved good results and given the team colour back in their cheeks after a number of difficult years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assistant coach Dwight Lodeweges will act as interim national coach until the KNVB has appointed a successor.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Credit: Football Tribe Malaysia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have finally appointed Ronald Koeman as their new manager. The appointment comes after the Catalans humiliated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League last week. Koeman, who has left his role as manager of the Netherlands, has signed a two-year-deal with Barcelona, who sacked Quique Setien on Monday after he presided over the club\u2019s worst defeat ever in European competition and a first trophy-less season for the club since the 2007-08 campaign. Koeman, who will be officially presented at the Camp Nou stadium later on Wednesday, is dearly loved at Barca for his role in Johan Cruyff\u2019s hugely successful side known as the \u2018Dream Team\u2019 and for scoring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2020\/08\/21\/can-ronald-koeman-saves-barcelona-from-a-slump\/\" class=\"tribe-more-link\">Continue reading &#8220;Can Ronald Koeman saves Barcelona from a slump?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":23924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1639,1640],"tags":[1699,1737,2237,95],"class_list":["post-23921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-european-leagues","tag-barcellona","tag-la-liga","tag-ronald-koeman","tag-slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23926,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921\/revisions\/23926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}