Roberto De Zerbi goes to a top club: over 3 hours of negotiations, it closes
Roberto De Zerbi to Barcelona, it closes
Barcelona wants Roberto De Zerbi on the bench of the Blaugrana team ahead of next season. According to reports from As, the Catalan club's management has reportedly chosen the current Brighton coach as a replacement for Xavi, who will step down at the end of this season. According to the newspaper, De Zerbi would be backed by both president Joan Laporta and manager and former player Deco.
A possible all-Italian derby with Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti in the Clasico thus looms on the horizon. De Zerbi would have received the consent of all the members of Barcelona’s Sports Commission, convinced by the quality of the Italian coach’s offensive game.
Barcelona has reportedly already met with De Zerbi’s agents last Wednesday, entertaining them for over three hours and planning the summer transfer.
There remains the obstacle of De Zerbi's contract, who is bound to Brighton until 2026 with a 10-million-euro-a-season termination clause. But Barcelona has è now moved, and developments are expected in the coming weeks. The'alternative to De Zerbi è German coach Hansi Flick.
