FC Barcelona: Martinez clause should be 1.8 million euros

Should FC Barcelona sign Roberto Martinez as the new coach and successor to Ronald Koeman, a fixed transfer fee of 1.8 million euros would apparently be due. That reports the Sport.

Martinez has been coaching the Belgian national team since 2016 and is under contract there until summer 2022. “As you can imagine, there is nothing for me, absolutely nothing to comment on,” he said at Sky Sports about the rumor of change. “Of course there are rumors, they are always there. It’s normal in football,” he added.

FC Barcelona is preparing to split from coach Ronald Koeman. According to information from Goal and SPOX the board bosses decided that the Dutchman had to leave. Koeman is currently not sacked as they wait for a break in the tightly packed Barca schedule. After the 1-1 draw on Monday against Granada, it is on Thursday against Cadiz and on Sunday against Levante.

Barca would have to reimburse Koeman if he were expelled

Koeman, for his part, moved from the Dutch national team to Barca in 2020 with a fixed transfer fee of five to six million euros. To the Sport-According to the report, he paid this sum himself at the time. If Barca fired him, the club would have to reimburse him. Meanwhile, Koeman does not want to know anything about the allegedly imminent expulsion, as his bizarre press conference on Wednesday showed.

In addition to Martinez, club legend Xavi was recently traded as a possible new coach. He extended his contract with the Qatari Al-Sadd SC early in the spring until 2023. The Sports world brought in Martinez’s assistant to the Belgian national team, Thierry Henry, on Thursday. He kicked for Barca himself from 2007 to 2010.