Goodbye Barcelona! Arteta refuses, Klopp stays at Arsenal, Laporta invites!
Xavi's sudden departure leaves the position of Barcelona manager vacant. Although Barcelona officials have confirmed Xavi's departure, the future of the new coach has not yet been confirmed. There are currently a number of coaches on Barca's shortlist, but not everyone is willing to coach the La Liga giants, given Barca's current problems and Barca's requirements for results. According to a report from the United Kingdom, Barcelona are trying to reach out to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
Barca's gamble on Arteta is understandable. As Pep Guardiola's **, Arteta and Guardiola follow the same tactical line, and Guardiola has had great success with Barcelona, so it is very normal that Arteta is seen by Barcelona as the key to solving the team's problems. What's more, Mikel Arteta has proven his coaching talent over the past two seasons and finished runners-up in the highly competitive Premier League, posing a considerable threat to Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp's side.
The most crucial point is that Arteta's Arsenal is also a Premier League powerhouse, but it has not reached the championship level. After Arteta took over, Arsenal's competitiveness has improved significantly, and the team has cleared a large number of veteran contracts, including Aubameyang, Lacazette, and Xiaobei, all of whom have been cleaned up after Arteta took over, and the team has cultivated a lot of excellent young players, Saka is the best right-back in world football, which Barcelona values the most, and the La Liga giants have also reached a critical moment of rebuilding.
However, Arteta does not seem to have the idea of coaching Barcelona, according to the Mail, Barcelona is actually in contact with Arteta, but the two sides have not reached an agreement, the Arsenal manager has no idea of changing teams now, unless the Arsenal manager is sacked at the end of the season, he will not consider other teams. Arsenal are currently behind Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League, but there are still a dozen rounds left in the league, so they still have a chance to continue to compete, and it is too early to sack Arsenal.
In addition to Arteta, manager Jurgen Klopp, who has just announced his departure from Liverpool, is also among Barca's options, and Laporte has personally communicated with Jurgen Klopp's team in the hope of convincing Klopp to change his mind about taking a year off. However, it will be more difficult to invite Klopp than to invite Arteta, because the Liverpool manager has been in charge of the Premier League for more than eight years, and his most important idea at the moment is to take a year off and wait for the opportunity to continue coaching.