Three days after Barcelona's stinging defeat against Bayern Munich (2-8) in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, coach Quique Setién was sacked. Other decisions will be made with a view to "a major restructuring of Barça's first team".

The start of the big maneuvers: Quique Setién was sacked from his job as FC Barcelona coach, three days after the terrible defeat (8-2) against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. This is what the Catalan club announced on Monday. "Meeting on Monday, the management committee of FC Barcelona announced that Quique Setién is no longer the coach of the first football team," Barça announced in a statement.

Very mixed results

"This is the first decision taken regarding the large restructuring of Barça's first team, which will be done in agreement with the current technical direction and the new manager, who will be unveiled in the coming days," Catalan club, which foresees "profound changes".

Arrived on the Barça bench on January 13 to replace Ernesto Valverde, Quique Setién (61) has only been in command of the Blaugrana team for 25 matches, during a season truncated by the coronavirus pandemic, for a mixed record of 16 wins, four draws and five losses.

Decisions in the coming days

The dismissal of the technician was announced by the Spanish specialized press since Friday, after the historic rout against Bayern Munich. Setién's seven months on the Catalan bench led to one of Barça's worst seasons: no title won (for the first time since 2007) and one of the most serious crises in club history.

"Decisions will be announced and explained in the coming days, some of which had already been taken before the Champions League resumed," FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said on Friday evening after the Lisbon debacle.