The battle for the Barcelona presidency is intensifying. Lluís Fernández Alá, one of the presidential candidates, hopes to take over from current President Josep Maria Bartomeu in March 2021. Fernández Alá has clear plans for the coaching post in Barcelona, ​​despite the fact that Ronald Koeman was recently offered at the Camp Nou.

The presidential candidate does not have a good word for Bartomeu’s method. “He never had a clear plan,” the Spanish manager said in an interview with him. Purpose. “He’s just doing improvisation and that’s simply not possible at a club like Barcelona. We need a major overhaul and I’m not just thinking of replacing Bartomeu. The club can no longer be in the hands of the elite. do not stay. very clear ideas to make it a good club again. ‘

Fernández Alá is not just looking at the administrative side of Barcelona. He also has a clear vision regarding the A-choice. “For the bench, we think of García Pimienta (Barcelona-B coach, ed.), Who takes Bayern Munich as an example. Nobody knew Hansi Flick and it now appears that he is a good coach. We really think that Pimienta could be the new Pep Guardiola. ‘

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Fernández Alá says it is out of the question that he will work with other presidential candidates in the coming months. “We certainly do not have the intention”, emphasizes the Spaniard. “We want to come out as a big surprise in the election. There is definitely interest in the plans of other candidates, but a collaboration is not in line with expectations.”

Fernández Alá is running in the presidential election of Joan Laporta, Jordi Farré and Víctor Font i Manté. The latter also skipped Koeman recently when he spoke about a coach at the Catalan superpower. The presidential candidate would like to see club icon Xavi, who currently works for Al-Sadd in Qatar, return last season as the number two coach in LaLiga.