Roberto Martínez is the main candidate at Barcelona for the succession of Ronald Koeman, according to the conviction of various Spanish media. Sport adds to the reports on Wednesday that the national coach of Belgium has a unilateral termination clause in his contract.
Monday reported Goal and ESPN already that Martínez is the favorite new trainer of both president Joan Laporta and technical adviser Jordi Cruijff, and also Sport has that belief. Martínez is with the Belgian federation until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but could therefore be avoided via a clause. The national coach can leave Belgium at any time if an amount of 1.8 million euros is on the table, it sounds like.
Thanks to that clause, Barcelona looks forward to any negotiations with Martínez with confidence. Unlike last year at Koeman, Barça will have to pay for the escape clause at Martínez out of their own pocket. This week it was announced that Koeman himself has transferred six million euros to the KNVB to be able to get out of his obligations with the Dutch national team. If Koeman does not stay with Barcelona until at least 2023, the club must still transfer that amount to the coach. further calls Sport recalling that Quique Setién, Koeman’s predecessor, has still not received his severance payment.
Monday reported Goal that the decision to say goodbye to Koeman has already been taken internally, but that the right moment is being sought. Given the busy schedule over the next two weeks, with four games to be played, Barcelona seems to view the upcoming international break in early October as a good time. In addition to Martínez, Xavi is also mentioned, but the current trainer of Al-Sadd would not be preferred by Laporta.
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