New Barcelona coach Kiki Setian announced that the only promise he can make is "to play my team well", when he was presented to the media today, after being appointed to succeed Ernesto Valverde late on Monday evening. Cetian does not believe what is going on with him, and the 61-year-old coach said that what happened to him "is unbelievable, even in the most beautiful dreams." He added: Yesterday I was walking among the cows in my village, and today I supervise the most prominent players and lead one of the largest teams in the world, "noting that he needed" less than five minutes "to accept the show.
"My only promise is that my team will play well," he added. All of you realize that I have a personality. Here, I will supervise a team that has been playing well for years, and there are little things to change. ” He said that it will not be difficult to maintain the requirements in order not to waste the outcome of a match, as it happened recently, referring to his team's 2-1 lead over Atletico Madrid, then 2-3 loss in the Spanish Super Cup semi-finals hosted by Saudi Arabia.
Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeo commented on the appointment of Citian, saying, "The Citian method is the way Barcelona favors: he is always looking to take possession of the ball, he pays great attention to the shape and this fits with our vision." "The Citian contract extends until July 2022, but there are elections next year, so his contract includes a clause that allows the new president to change it if he wants," the Catalan club president revealed.