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#3 Ernesto Valverde
Despite winning back to back La Liga titles in his time at Barcelona, Ernesto Valverde divided opinion at the club and his pragmatism, coupled with a poor start to the current campaign, led to his sacking.
Renowned for their free-flowing attacking football, most famously the tiki-taka under Pep Guardiola, the current Barcelona side were a shadow of their former selves and did not have a brand of football despite managing to churn out results.
The former Athletic Bilbao coach was sacked midway through the season, with former club captain Xavi a frontrunner for the job. However, Quique Setien was chosen as the replacement, as the club has courted him for a long time, with their initial interest stretching back to 2018.
Valverde will feel hard done by the fact that despite delivering 2 titles at Barcelona, he never had the unwavering support of the board and in the current season, the Catalan giants were plagued by injuries, which played a part in their poor form.
The Spaniard is not expected to be without a job for too long and only time will tell if he plans to return to the touchline immediately, with a handful of high profile jobs set to open up ay the end of the season.
