Spanish press reports revealed that the Barcelona management has settled on a new coach for the team starting next season, instead of the current coach Xavi Hernandez, who announced his departure at the end of the current season. According to the AS newspaper, the Italian Roberto De Zerbe is Barcelona's next coach, club president Joan Laporta, and Deco, the sporting director, have agreed to it, and it remains to resolve the economic matters with Brighton regarding breaking his contract. The newspaper reported that the Italian coach outperformed the German school, which the Catalan club intended to resort to in order to appoint Xavi's successor, from the duo Jurgen Klopp and Hansi Flick. For his part, journalist Tony Juanmarte said that Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona, ​​personally requested an exploratory report on Roberto De Zerbe’s personality. The president likes De Zerbe’s style, but he wants to know how he deals with his players and his entourage. He is a real option for Barcelona, ​​despite the condition of his release. amounting to $10 million. De Zerbe was a candidate to coach Barcelona, ​​when the Italian coach was working with the Sassuolo team, but he later moved to coach the Ukrainian team, Shakhtar Donetsk.