Koeman officially became Barcelona's coach.
Chinanews Client, August 20th. On the evening of the 19th Beijing time, La Liga FC Barcelona announced that Ronald Koeman will be the club's first-team coach. He signed with the club until June 30, 2022.
Koman played for Barcelona when he was a player. He joined the Red and Blues in 1989 and reunited with his teacher Cruyff. In the 6 years of playing for Barcelona, Koeman has gradually grown into the defensive cornerstone and meritorious captain of the Barcelona Dream Team, becoming the best guard with a knife in the world at that time. At Wembley Stadium in 1992, Koeman won the club's first Champions League trophy with a free kick lore for Barcelona.
In 192 La Liga games played for Barcelona, Koeman scored 67 goals and maintained a record of 25 consecutive penalties. Throughout his career, 239 goals in 685 games have made Koeman the most scoring defender in history.
After officially becoming the coach of the team, the Barcelona star said: “The whole world knows what Barcelona means to me, this is my home.” “Teaching Barcelona is my dream, and now my dream has come true. From now on, we want Barcelona to return to where it should be and let us go all out and fight for it."
Speaking of Messi, Koeman said: "Messi is the best player in the world. Of course you want the best player in the world to appear on your team. As a coach, I like working with Messi very much because He will help you win the game. I need to communicate with Messi because he is the captain of the team. Starting today, we will work hard together."
At the same time, in taking over the team in this special period, Koeman also made it clear that he will give young players more opportunities: "When young players perform well enough, I think it's time to give them a chance." (End)