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Ronald Koeman affirms nothing has been signed amid Barcelona links

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Holland manager Ronald Koeman won four LaLiga titles during his six years as a player at the Nou Camp.

Ronald Koeman has admitted he would like to return to Barcelona but has insisted he is yet to sign a contract with the club.

The Holland boss has been heavily linked to the role since the Catalan side were thrashed 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on Friday.

Quique Setien was relieved of his duties on Monday and Barcelona revealed his replacement would be appointed in the coming days.

Ex-Everton manager Koeman is reportedly the favourite to take the job and briefly discussed the vacancy outside the Dutch Football Federation headquarters on Tuesday.

Asked whether he would like to return to Barcelona, the 57-year-old, according to AS, told reporters: “Yes, I’d like to, but it will only be confirmed once I have signed the contract.

“Until then, I cannot say any more about it – even though I’d like to.”

Koeman spent six years as a player at the Nou Camp and scored the winning goal in the European Cup final against Sampdoria in 1992.

Ronald Koeman was part of Barcelona’s 1992 European Cup winners (John Stillwell/PA)

Setien, who replaced Ernesto Valverde in January, had signed a contract to keep him at the club until the summer of 2022, but was sacked after only seven months in charge.

The 61-year-old won 16 of his 25 games in charge of Barca but the team ended the campaign trophyless.

Even before Friday’s embarrassment against Bayern Munich, the Spaniard was under pressure after he failed to stop Real Madrid clinching the league title.

“The holding of the elections from March 15 next year implies that the board of directors assume full responsibility regarding the 2020-2021 financial year.”

Also, number one goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen has had surgery on his right patellar tendon and will be sidelined for two-and-a-half months, ruling him out of the start of next season.

LaLiga is set to return on September 12, which gives the Catalan club only a short amount of time to appoint a new boss and start rebuilding an ageing squad.

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