LIGA - Koeman on his future, formation, and players

20.09.2021 00:50 of D.B. TransferMarketWeb   see readings
LIGA - Koeman on his future, formation, and players
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A high-stress situation before Barcelona's La Liga match against Granada, Ronald Koeman spoke to the media. The Dutch manager has had a rough few days since his team's midweek loss to Bayern Munich.

Regarding his future: “Before Bayern, you ask me when I will renew my contract. After Bayern, you ask if I’m worried about my future.”

On his takeaways from Bayern Munich's defeat: I am more realistic than opportunistic. Just over a year ago, Barça lost 8-2 against Bayern, playing with Messi, Griezmann, Suarez. The other day, with Mingueza 22, Araujo 22, Balde 18, Garcia 20, Gavi 17, Pedri 18, Demir 19 and soon, Ansu with 18.”

In regards to Ansu Fati's recovery: Ansu is progressing well. We can’t put a definitive date on his return yet. It might be in a week, or 10 days, something like that. The important thing is that he recovers well.”

Regarding the team's expectations: “We are realistic. I am realistic. The players, especially the veterans, they are realistic. We understand that everything takes time, not 2 days.”

On if he'll go back to a 4-3-3 formation: “I think it depends on the opponent. Also, if you don’t have enough forwards you need to adapt. I think that if we played another way vs Bayern, the defeat would have been much worse.”