The time when Ronald Koeman took over Barcelona also happened to be the most chaotic time for the Barcelona management. Messi's departure is further explored as his dissatisfaction with former president Bartomeu. Under the leadership of Kirk Setien for only half a year, Barcelona fell from top of the league table to third, and were humiliated by Bayern Munich 2-8 in the Champions League.
More seriously, the defeat triggered Messi's dissatisfaction with Kirk Setien's rule, which directly offered to leave Barcelona and almost face court over a legal dispute over the 700 million euro termination clause. Fortunately, in the end, Messi stayed in the team so far this summer, and the key is the big change in the Barcelona top brass.
This change of day left Messi, but Ronald Koeman's ability to sit in the coaching position was always one of the results of the chaos of the previous dynasty. After Laporta took office, he had a posture of showing his fists, and even publicly stated that Ronald Koeman was not their choice, plus he led the team to produce results, so that the top level could be justified in the fire.
Coach Cruyff, Ronald Koeman, who has a high status in Dutch football, can be said to be one of the managers in the field of football today with the most Barcelona DNA and high hopes (of course, this high hope eventually ended up empty). Cruyff joined Barcelona in the 1970s and later became manager, building a precedent for a pass-and-control system that linked Barcelona to Dutch football, especially the Ajax academy.
Ronald De Boer, Frank De Boer, Kluivert, Mark Overmars and many others are all stars who grew up in Ajax and then became famous in Barcelona. Prior to the aforementioned macho, Ronald Koeman had established himself as a legend in Barcelona.
Ronald Koeman played for Barcelona from 1989 to 1995 as a central defender under his mentor Cruyff, with a clear view of the big picture, good at judging the opponent's offensive ball path, destroying the attack in advance, and similar in style to a backcourt scavenger. His right-footed heavy cannon is particularly famous, beating Sampdoria with a free throw in the 1992 Champions League final to win the team's first Champions League title in history. On record, he is the defender player with the most goals, the name of "guard with a knife" is not far away, and the back attack and free kick direct shot are his killer skills.
After retiring from his playing career, Ronald Koeman's coaching career also began in the Netherlands, and Teams such as Vites, Ajax, Eindhoven, And Feyenoord have all had Ronald Koeman's footprints. Shortly after leaving the Premier League, it coincided with the Dutch national team, which could not qualify for the World Cup, and this unemployed coach with a rich resume was just in line with the needs of the national team.
The state of the Netherlands in a state of disrepair gives Ronald Koeman room to show his fists, and the leading style has the flavor of "all-around football" of the eighties generations. Based on the 3-5-2 formation that Van Gaal left a few years ago, coupled with the timely rise of Ajax's new stars: Frenki De Jong and Matez De Ligt, Ronald Koeman, who is full of all-round football, has the most suitable team core. Knowing people well is also the strength of Ronald Koeman, and the diverse suitability of players such as Daly Blind, Wijnaldum, Memphis Depay has been able to play under Ronald Koeman, gradually returning to the 4-3-3 suitable passing system.
In this regard, Ronald Koeman successfully brought the Netherlands back to Euro 2020, and originally aimed to make plans after playing the European Championship, but the postponement of the event and the urgent need for Barcelona to let him leave the Netherlands early to join Barcelona.
In the first season in Barcelona, Ronald Koeman finished with the Copa del Rey and third place in La Liga, and also brought La Masians such as Garvey, Pedri and Oscar Mingeza to the main stage. To deepen the squad after the change of season, Barcelona brought Ronald Koeman to Memphis Depay, who worked in the Netherlands without questions, but Messi's sudden departure made it difficult for him to adapt for a moment or three. Before the national derby, Barcelona, led by Ronald Koeman, were only in the midstream position, and after the defeat of Real Madrid, the team had a reason to be fired.
Looking back at Ronald Koeman's coaching career so far, he can succeed in the Dutch League and also get the Dutch team out of danger, but after letting go of the name of "Netherlands", he has spent a lot of time in the Premier League and La Liga. There is no obvious outstanding record, its employment and player relationship has been questioned, coupled with the lack of popularity at the top of the dprk, contributing to this dismissal.