Spanish La Liga top side Barcelona has sacked their head coach Ronald Koeman after just one year and two months in charge at the Nou Camp following Wednesday’s shock 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano.
The Spanish outlet confirmed the coach sack in a statement released on their official website on Wednesday night immediately after the 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano. Barcelona has picked up just 15 points from 10 games in La Liga this season and has already lost twice in the group stage of this season’s Uefa Champions League.
Yesterday’s loss leaves the club in the ninth-place position in the La Liga table with six points adrift of leaders Sevilla after losing at Rayo Vallecano. The loss was Koeman’s third in their last four games and it followed defeat in Sunday’s Clasico to Real Madrid.
Barca management released a statement saying: Barcelona has dismissed Koeman as coach of the first team tonight. The president of the club, Joan Laporta, has informed him after the defeat against Rayo Vallecano. Ronald Koeman will say goodbye to the squad this Thursday at the Ciudad Deportiva.”
The statement further states that: “The FC Barcelona wants to thank the services rendered to the entity and wishes him good luck in his career.”