Jurgen Klopp Becomes Barcelona's Main Target

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (AFP via ANTARA)

JAKARTA Jurgen Klopp is said to be Barcelona's main target as a replacement for Xavi Hernandez. The Blaugrana is believed to be trying to persuade Klopp to join Camp Nou this summer.

Reporting from Sport, Klopp will be one of three Barcelona coach candidates next season. However, Barca's board of directors made the 56-year-old coach a first priority even though Klopp said he wanted to rest after withdrawing from Liverpool.

Los Cules believes it can persuade the German coach to postpone his rest time by submitting the right proposal. Because Klopp still has the desire to coach a club in La Liga Spain.

Barcelona's biggest obstacle to bringing The Normal One to Camp Nou is their financial condition. Because, Klopp wants to form a team with players who are considered capable of carrying out the philosophy of gegenpressing football.

Therefore, Barca's board of directors plans to cut several players before making an official approach to getting Klopp. However, the defending champion La Liga Spain has also prepared a reserve option if the Premier League and Champions League trophy winners reject their offer.

Names such as Mikel Arteta (Arsenal), Thiago Motta (Bologna) and Thomas Tuchel are claimed to be other options for Barcelona. In addition, the Blaugrana also peeked at opportunities to bring Julian Nagelsmann if his contract with the German national team was not extended after the 2024 European Cup.

However, Barcelona is believed to still hope Jurgen Klopp is willing to anchor to Camp Nou in the summer, as when he received Liverpool's proposal just a few months after withdrawing from Borussia Dortmund in 2015.