Former Barcelona midfielder Ronald Koeman has been appointed the club’s new coach, the La Liga giants’ president Josep Maria Bartomeu said on Tuesday.
“Koeman will be Barca’s coach next season,” Bartomeu told the side’s television channel.
Koeman, who has been in charge of the Netherlands since 2018, replaces Quique Setien who was sacked after Barca were knocked out of the Champions League quarter-finals in a 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich last week.
The former defender had previously played for the club from 1986-1995, winning four La Liga titles as well as the 1991-92 European Cup as part of a 10-trophy haul during his playing career with the Catalans.
In addition to his time as a player at Barca, Koeman also served as an assistant for the club from 1998-2000 before taking over at Dutch side Vitesse.
He had previously been linked with the Barcelona job in January after the club parted ways with Ernesto Valverde, but Koeman originally planned on committing to the Netherlands through the end of the Euros, which were originally scheduled for this summer before plans were shifted due to the coronavirus outbreak.
