'The team stopped trusting his methods' - Barca star explains why the club had to sack Koeman
Stefan Bienkowski
- Updated: 18 Nov 2021 19:48 GMT
- 5 min read
Barcelona defender Oscaer Mingueza has revealed that the club had to sack Ronald Koeman because the player’s lacked self-belief and were not happy under his management.
The Dutch manager was initially hired by the club last year to replace Quique Setien and was tasked with overseeing the team during one of the most tumultuous periods of the club’s modern history.
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During Koeman’s time at the club a new president was elected to replace the one that had hired him and Lionel Messi departed for Paris Saint-Germain after league rules banned Barca from offering him a new contract.
As such, it was only a matter of time before Koeman was asked to fall on his sword, which eventually came in late October following a 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano.
In his place, Barca have now hired former midfielder star Xavi to replace the senior tactician and Minguez was quick to point out why the change needed to be made.
'Barcelona needed a change'
"The dressing room needed a change. There was no atmosphere. Players were not happy. And when you're not well and things don't turn out, you need a change,” said the Barca player in an interview with Esport3.
"The team stopped trusting [Koeman's methods] and everyone tried to fix things on their own. We weren't good, neither individually nor collectively. When the dynamics aren't good, everyone does what they can but we lacked self-belief."
He added: "I'm sure things will change and get better now. And I don't think we'll have to wait two or three months to see those changes. Starting this weekend, we'll see new things.
"Xavi's training is very focused on the idea of what we want to do on the pitch. It is good that we have a clear idea and that we all work in a specific way to obtain a good result as a team."
