Ernesto Valverde has been sacked by Barcelona following more than two years at the Nou Camp, with Quique Setien taking over until June 2022.
Valverde is the primary supervisor to be sacked by Barcelona mid-season since Louis van Gaal was rejected in January 2003.
Barcelona are right now in front of Real Madrid at the highest point of La Liga on goals distinction and through to the knockout phases of the Champions League, yet they lost 3-2 to Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup on Thursday.
Valverde, already at Athletic Bilbao and Valencia, supplanted Luis Enrique in 2017 and won consecutive association titles during his time in control.
Setien drove Real Betis to prevails upon Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid last season, yet he was sacked toward the finish of the campaigns.
