Barcelona president, Josep
Bartomeu, has expressed his full backing for manager Ernesto Valverde, despite
calls for his sack.
The Spanish champions wrapped up
back-to-back La Liga titles with a 1-0 win over Levante on April 27.
After this weekend’s league
fixture against Eibar, they will switch their attention to a Copa del Rey final
against Valencia six days later.
Despite being within touching
distance of another domestic double, Valverde’s position has come under
scrutiny since his side were dumped out of the Champions League in dramatic
fashion at the hands of Liverpool.
Speaking at the ‘Kubala’ book
presentation on Thursday, Bartomeu said: “Valverde said the other day that he
has the support of the president and the board. He’s the coach we want.
“We’re halfway through a large
project. He has a contract and we’re very happy with him. Now it’s about how
the players recover from the enormous setback.
“It’s been a magnificent season,
we’ve won [the league] with games to spare. We all want more. Now we’ve got the
Copa del Rey final and we’re coming off the back of a damaging defeat.
“Now it’s about recuperating the
support, the excitement, the will to compete and we’ve still got a week of
training left.”
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