Ernensto Valverde was fired from his post as head coach of Barcelona in January last year, and Kike Setien became his replacement, who was also dismissed after a short period of time..

Former sports director of the Catalan grandee Eric Abidal admitted that in addition to Setien, he considered the candidacies of Massimiliano Allegri, Xavi Hernandez and Mauricio Pochettino, now head of PSG.

" Kike was nominated, but Pochettino was number one on my list. "

" I am not here to pay attention to any political aspects, because earlier Pochettino worked in Espanyol "

" I wanted to make the best decision, and Pochettino is one of the best in the business..

He reached the Champions League final with Tottenham, he has a good philosophy of playing and training, the players love him, and I think that now he would be the best coach in this situation, but with a real project, "

As a reminder, Eric Abidal was fired from his post as Barcelona's sporting director in August last year after Barcelona suffered a crushing 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals..

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