The Cantabrian Quique Setien He is chosen to replace Unai Emery as coach of Villarreal CF. Setién signs until 2024 after the unexpected departure of Emery to the Aston Villa F.C. that, as he repeated on more than one occasion Fernando Roigclub president, “leaves us unbalanced“.
The last team that Santander directed was, in 2020, neither more nor less than the FC Barcelona. Setién, however, was dismissed from office after 8 months after the resounding defeat in the quarterfinals of the UEFA champions league before him Bayern Munich by 2 goals to 8, also finishing Barça its first season without winning any title since 2007-08.
In spite of everything, Fernando Roig assured in COPE’s Great Match rely on the qualities of the Santander coach: “He’s a very good coach. He fits in perfectly with what Villarreal is looking for. Things didn’t go well for him at Barcelona, but I knew him from facing us once and I know he’s a great coach” .
What is clear is that Emery leaves Setién a team with great possibilities to exploit and with a series of objectives in mind: The club, currently ranked 7th in The leagueshould aspire to get into positions in Europe.
In addition, Villarreal is currently disputing the Conference Leaguecompetition in which the yellow Submarineundefeated at the moment, is postulated as one of the great favorites to win the title.
Will Quique Setién be able to maintain and/or improve Villarreal’s performance? Only time will tell, but you must not forget that the club has recently conquered the Europe League and has reached neither more nor less than the semifinals of the Champions where, after beating world-class teams like the Juventus and Bayern, only the Liverpool F.C. prevented them from reaching the long-awaited final.
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