Barcelona have sacked manager Xavi with former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick set to replace him.
Xavi will take charge of Barcelona for the final time on Sunday, when they host Sevilla in their last La Liga match of the season.
The 44-year-old, who had been contracted until 2025, was informed of the club's decision during a meeting with club president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco on Friday.
Barcelona have sacked manager Xavi with former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick set to replace him.
Xavi will take charge of Barcelona for the final time on Sunday, when they host Sevilla in their last La Liga match of the season.
The 44-year-old, who had been contracted until 2025, was informed of the club's decision during a meeting with club president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco on Friday.
Was never going to end well when he came out last week and said that in their current predicament they'd struggle to compete with Madrid. He was of course only speaking the truth and everyone knows their situation, but making your owners look stupid is never the best move.
The classic case of somebody being sacked after a really good season fizzled out, whereas if Barrow had finished really strongly to finish where they did, he would still have a job!
It's so difficult to have any sort of stability at a smaller club, as anytime a manager does a half decent job they jump ship
Is getting a team relegated classed as half decent these days?
When he took over after 10 games, they had one point and had scored ZERO goals, and were a basket case. To end up relegated by just 2 points was a great achievement.
Think with the amount of key players they're losing too I can completely understand Clarke leaving and taking a chance on being able to get something out of a Barnsley side that never seems to quite be able to get over the line.
He did a brilliant job to get Cheltenham even close to staying up.
It's so difficult to have any sort of stability at a smaller club, as anytime a manager does a half decent job they jump ship
Is getting a team relegated classed as half decent these days?
When he took over after 10 games, they had one point and had scored ZERO goals, and were a basket case. To end up relegated by just 2 points was a great achievement.
Think with the amount of key players they're losing too I can completely understand Clarke leaving and taking a chance on being able to get something out of a Barnsley side that never seems to quite be able to get over the line.
He did a brilliant job to get Cheltenham even close to staying up.
I’d be underwhelmed if I was a Barnsley fan..
Yeah does feel like a bit of an odd appointment from their end. Obviously Duff went to Huddersfield
Kompany off to Bayern. He seemed tactically quite naive in the Premier league, be interesting to see how he gets on
Looked good at Burnley when he had better players than his opponents, but no plan B in the Premier League against better opponents. Ben Garner was a bit similar, his Swindon side with very good players looked good, but he has failed elsewhere.
Kompany might be one of those managers better suited to getting the most out of top players, rather than managing strugglers, but it's a bizarre leap from getting relegated with a pathetic 24 points - and Burnley weren't relegation favourites last summer - and going on to manage one of the greats of world football.
The Kompany appointment is bizarre. Feels like he's got the job because of a good agent and the fact he already speaks German.
Absolutely no idea how finishing 3rd and 4th in the league and losing a cup final with Anderlecht, and winning the Championship with Burnley, gets you the Bayern job.
Kompany to Bayern is madness on the face of it. However, if he is to be successful and win the league and get them playing good football, you can bet that he’d be a shoe in for the Man City job when Pep calls it a day.
Kompany likes his teams to play out from the back, passing, moving, to play quite expansive football. His Burnley side last season lacked top quality players and was unable to play as he wanted. It seems he wouldn't drop his stylist principles and wasn't prepared to do a Luton and to allow his team to go down spitting and scratching. Principles in football can all too often lead to a bad outcome lol The German league is nowhere as strong as the Prem, Bayern like to play pure, attacking football, the game as it should be played, and will have money to spend on players. I doubt they will have another bad season like the last one. IF IF Kompany is to succeed as a manager he'll never have a better opportunity. I reckon he'll be OK. As ever, we will see.
Chelsea talking to Leicester's Maresca! No Prem League experience! But will he have the nous to manage or Head Coach this basket case of a club.
Might as well put out feelers for his mid season replacement, whilst he needs to be considering what he will do once his management career is over .. could ask Graham Potter.
The Pep effect in full swing. Kompany going to Bayern and Maresca going to Chelsea.
Feels like Bayern and Chelsea have seen what Arteta has done at Arsenal and thought 'we'll try that as well'. The problem is (with Chelsea in particular) will the managers be given the time that Arteta had to get things going? Seems unlikely.
The Pep effect in full swing. Kompany going to Bayern and Maresca going to Chelsea.
Feels like Bayern and Chelsea have seen what Arteta has done at Arsenal and thought 'we'll try that as well'. The problem is (with Chelsea in particular) will the managers be given the time that Arteta had to get things going? Seems unlikely.
The concern with Maresca is the cliff that Leicester fell off at the end of the season.
Bayern Munich have appointed Vincent Kompany as their new head coach on a three-year deal.
The Belgian, 38, succeeds Thomas Tuchel and leaves Burnley for the Bundesliga side after the two clubs agreed a compensation fee, believed to be £10.2m.
Be interesting to see how he does... In some regard you need to look past what he failed to achieve with Burnley in the Premier League, given the players available to play the way that he wanted - Could equally be a big risk from Bayern though.
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Barcelona have sacked manager Xavi with former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick set to replace him.
Xavi will take charge of Barcelona for the final time on Sunday, when they host Sevilla in their last La Liga match of the season.
The 44-year-old, who had been contracted until 2025, was informed of the club's decision during a meeting with club president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco on Friday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c72250v375eo
Barcelona, Bayern, AC Milan, Juventus, Napoli, Liverpool, Chelsea, and still possibly Man U as well.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceq3wp3j873o
For three months anyway. His teams have won 42 out of 165 matches.
Paterson leaves Burton
Yeah does feel like a bit of an odd appointment from their end. Obviously Duff went to Huddersfield
Kompany might be one of those managers better suited to getting the most out of top players, rather than managing strugglers, but it's a bizarre leap from getting relegated with a pathetic 24 points - and Burnley weren't relegation favourites last summer - and going on to manage one of the greats of world football.
Absolutely no idea how finishing 3rd and 4th in the league and losing a cup final with Anderlecht, and winning the Championship with Burnley, gets you the Bayern job.
It seems he wouldn't drop his stylist principles and wasn't prepared to do a Luton and to allow his team to go down spitting and scratching. Principles in football can all too often lead to a bad outcome lol
The German league is nowhere as strong as the Prem, Bayern like to play pure, attacking football, the game as it should be played,
IF IF Kompany is to succeed as a manager he'll never have a better opportunity.
I reckon he'll be OK. As ever, we will see.
Might as well put out feelers for his mid season replacement, whilst he needs to be considering what he will do once his management career is over .. could ask Graham Potter.
Feels like Bayern and Chelsea have seen what Arteta has done at Arsenal and thought 'we'll try that as well'. The problem is (with Chelsea in particular) will the managers be given the time that Arteta had to get things going? Seems unlikely.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cxww0xdmzn3o
Bayern Munich have appointed Vincent Kompany as their new head coach on a three-year deal.
The Belgian, 38, succeeds Thomas Tuchel and leaves Burnley for the Bundesliga side after the two clubs agreed a compensation fee, believed to be £10.2m.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cl7725g1xjdo
If it happened on Football Manager you'd say the games AI was fucked.