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Guti: From Real Madrid idol to Barcelona coach?

During the LaLiga Ambassadors Gala , the former player of Real Madrid José María Gutiérrez ‘Guti’ commented on the situation that Currently lives the FC Barcelona and the coach Ronald Koeman .

While passing through the red carpet with Patrick Kluivert , Steve McManaman and Samuel Eto’o , ‘Guti ‘He assured that the situation of the maximum rival that he faced during several seasons at Real Madrid is worrying and regrettable, but he did make it clear that the sports part has the responsibility of the Dutch coach.

It is a complicated situation. Many times the bad results do not depend only on a coach, but he is the maximum responsible. Barcelona is not doing well financially and it is a complicated position “, he commented.

He also had words about one of the candidates to assume the technical direction of the Catalan club. “How Xavi trains how he played is going to be a crack. The feeling for Barcelona to come weighs heavily on him, but the situation is complicated to come ”, he added.

Guti Barcelona coach?

The surprise was given when responding to a proposal that, for Madridismo, surely it did not go down very well and is to coach Barcelona. “Well, why not? You want to train and you want to teach people that in addition to being a player, they also have the wood to do well as a coach ”, he declared.

Guti spent five years as coach of the lower divisions of Real Madrid, until assuming technical assistance at Besiktas in Turkey, a team where he played after his time in the merengue in 2018. In 2019, he was coach of Almería in Spain, but was dismissed from the Andalusian institution in 2020.

He is currently without a team, but belongs to the Spanish LaLiga Ambassadors.

😳 Guti does not rule out training Barça.

🗣️ “Why not? You want to train, and be able to show and teach people that apart from being a player you have the wood to train and do things well”.

# LaLigaAmbassadors https://t.co/Nv8tTBTcTM – EFE Deportes (@EFEdeportes) October 1, 2021