La Liga expert Guillem Balague on Sunday said that Barcelona manager Quique Setien is to be sacked on Monday and Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman could replace him.
Setien has been named Barcelona boss in January to replace Ernesto Valverde after the latest achieved a series of bad results with the Blaugrana. .
"Spanish football expert Balague says former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has "been approached", but ex-Barca player Koeman would be a more popular choice," BBC reported.
"The board will meet tomorrow and Setien will be sacked," Balague added. "They have to choose a manager because in two weeks time pre-season starts - and the talk is Koeman could be the man," Balague noted.
"He said no to an offer in January, but this is different. I think his health situation may have played a part. Discussions may be taking place, we may hear tomorrow, but he will need to separate from the national side so there is still a wait for that to happen," he explained.
Former Everton and Southampton manager Koeman, 57, who was appointed as Netherlands manager in February 2018, was rushed to hospital in May with chest complaints but said afterwards he felt "fit as a fiddle".
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