Barcelona coach Jonatan Giraldez is ready to depart the membership on the finish of the Liga F season, including that his subsequent job is “outside of Europe”.
Giraldez, who took cost of the membership in 2021, has gained the Liga F title twice in dominant style, with Barcelona dropping only one out of 72 league video games beneath the Spaniard.
He guided them to the Girls’s Champions League title in 2023, beating Wolfsburg within the closing because the Barcelona gained their second European title. Additionally they beat Chelsea within the semi-finals.
Giraldez has additionally gained the Copa de la Reina and two Spanish Tremendous Cups throughout his tenure thus far, serving to to determine Barcelona as certainly one of Europe’s high groups.
He has additionally just lately been nominated alongside Chelsea’s Emma Hayes and England supervisor Sarina Wiegman for 2023 FIFA Greatest Girls’s Coach.
“I informed the club that I don’t intend to renew my contract,” Giraldez stated.
“I want to leave them enough time to sort things out and find the best possible future. Last Friday I told the players and staff about the situation. I wanted them to know the reasons for my decision.”
Giraldez has been linked with a transfer to the USA’s Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League (NWSL) in latest weeks.
Jonatan Giraldez celebrates along with his gamers after profitable the Champions League
Requested in regards to the hyperlinks, Giraldez added: “I can only say it’s outside of Europe. I would not want to compete against Barca.”
Barcelona are high of the Liga F standings on 36 factors after 12 video games, 9 forward of second-placed Actual Madrid.
They’ve additionally gained all three of their Champions League video games thus far in Group A. They play Rosengard of their subsequent group sport on Thursday.
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Sky Sports activities’ Charlotte Marsh:
“First Emma Hayes announced her Chelsea departure, now Barcelona coach Giraldez will be making his own exit come May.
“He has maintained Barcelona’s profitable mentality because the undisputed queens of Spain. Already a coach on the membership, he stepped into the managerial position simply after the membership had gained their first Champions League title and continued to information Barcelona to successive finals.
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“His team too will be among the favourites to win the Liga F and Champions League titles again this season, with plenty still to play for. It is not silly to assume that Giraldez will add a few more winners medals to his collection before his contract expires.
“His unimaginable profitable runs, particularly in Liga F, is a testomony to his expertise. If the rumours are to be believed, the NWSL shall be graced by one of many best coaches on the planet with Giraldez testing himself in a brand new continent and new surroundings.
“The 32-year-old has never coached outside of Spain, or even outside of Catalonia. It is quite incredible what a coach of his age has already achieved and with that in mind, a new test makes sense after winning everything you can with a club in Europe.
“And with Hayes and Giraldez each leaving their posts, it’s all change amongst Europe’s elite golf equipment. Nothing lasts eternally, however the ladies’s soccer panorama on the continent will look very totally different in the beginning of the 2024/25 season.”
