Klopp to Barcelona? Barcelona presidential candidate reveals talks with Liverpool's manager's representatives

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Barcelona presidential candidate Jordi Farre insists the club needs a coach like Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp. Farre says he has held talks with Liverpool's manager's representatives over the role. Major changes are up at Camp Nou in the wake of a humiliating 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on August 14. It has been suggested that Barca need a restructuring from top to bottom, with head coach Quique Setien and technical director Eric Abidal the first to move on. Farre says is happy to retain Koeman's services if he proves himself over the next few months, but has also revealed that he has been in contact with Klopp's entourage in recent weeks. The Spaniard told Diario Sport: "If Koeman works and does well, he would be, of course. Obviously, we have our roadmap and we had already started several conversations with Jurgen Klopp, because it seems to us that Barca need such a coach." Pressed on whether Koeman is the right appointment for Barca at present, Farre responded: "It is an exceptional moment and Koeman is a good solution considering that he is a legend of Barcelona, ​​a benchmark. Because of his character, I think that was what the club needed now. I wish him the best because the challenge is huge." He went on to express his belief that the club has been mismanaged at an executive level. "A lot, because things have been done very badly," Farre added. "Nobody has been able to see that a generational change in the squad was needed. On the contrary, players have been renewed without a logical sporting criteria. What should have been done little by little must now be done suddenly and in a more traumatic way." Source: Goal