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YehButNoBut
19-07-2013, 04:44 PM
Looks like Barca will be looking for a new coach as Tito Vilanova stepped down this afternoon after he received results of his latest tests, which confirmed his cancer relapse.

Wish him well, reports are that they may promote from within again assistant coach Rubi in the running to take over.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11833/8831728/la-liga-barcelona-call-press-conference-with-coach-tito-vilanova-reportedly-set-to-step-down
Ozyhibby
19-07-2013, 04:54 PM
Could mean promotion for Billy Brown if Locke decides the time is right to move on to the job he was made for.
7062
19-07-2013, 04:58 PM
Villanova out, Fenlon in.
GlenrothesHibee
19-07-2013, 05:00 PM
All the best to Tito. Sad news
'mon the beers
19-07-2013, 05:20 PM
I reckon Luis Enrique might be a shout for their new gaffer, binned from Roma but knows the club inside out!!
Greendub
19-07-2013, 05:30 PM
That's a shame, I had high hopes for Tito.
7062
19-07-2013, 05:59 PM
Villanova out, Fenlon in.

Christ. Never seen the reason behind him stepping down. I take back my above post.

Sad news.
Famous Fiver
19-07-2013, 07:13 PM
Sad, sad news. My heart goes out to his family and children. You can have nothing but be healthy, or you can be at the peak of your profession and don't have your health.......... sad, sad day.
NOLA
19-07-2013, 07:55 PM
whats yogi up to?
brianmc
19-07-2013, 09:05 PM
whats yogi up to?

Troll-tastic, well done
Leighonel
19-07-2013, 10:22 PM
AVB or Laudrup would be my guess.
Tynie01011973
20-07-2013, 07:17 AM
AVB or Laudrup would be my guess.

You think the Barca fans will accept a former Real Madrid player as their manager ?
Onceinawhile
20-07-2013, 08:11 AM
Mourinho
Expecting Rain
20-07-2013, 08:23 AM
Arsene Wenger?
'mon the beers
20-07-2013, 09:05 AM
You think the Barca fans will accept a former Real Madrid player as their manager ?

Laudrup was at Barca before he moved to Real Madrid.

Wish Villanova all the best with his treatment!!!!
Pretty Boy
20-07-2013, 09:34 AM
Gerardo Martino or Rubi are most likely to be the next Barca manager.

Shame for Tito but giving himself the best possibility of recovery is obviously most important, wish him wrll.
Tynie01011973
20-07-2013, 09:46 AM
Laudrup was at Barca before he moved to Real Madrid.

Wish Villanova all the best with his treatment!!!!

So was Luis Figo - still didn't stop Barca fans throwing objects including a pigs head at him when he played for Real against them though did it ?
Teo10
20-07-2013, 09:54 AM
They are to announce a new manager next week but can't say anything yet as he "might" already be in charge of another team. Could see it being AVB...
heretoday
20-07-2013, 10:51 AM
They are to announce a new manager next week but can't say anything yet as he "might" already be in charge of another team. Could see it being AVB...

A lot of Spurs fans are hoping it is.
bigwheel
20-07-2013, 11:02 AM
A lot of Spurs fans are hoping it is.

Not the ones I know ...
hibs4thecup1988
20-07-2013, 12:10 PM
Ferguson?
YehButNoBut
20-07-2013, 12:43 PM
I reckon Luis Enrique might be a shout for their new gaffer, binned from Roma but knows the club inside out!!

You could be right

Espcore ‏@espcore Barcelona want new Celta manager Luis Enrique to take over from Tito Vilanova. He has a €3m buyout clause (via TV3).


http://www.sportpulse.net/content/report-barca-appoint-luis-enrique-9616

Latest reports have stated that Luis Enrique is the favourite to succeed Tito Vilanova as the new Barcelona manager.
brianmc
20-07-2013, 01:11 PM
A lot of bookies have stopped taking bets on it being Luis Enriqué now (despite his 5 years at Madrid!!)
'mon the beers
20-07-2013, 10:11 PM
So was Luis Figo - still didn't stop Barca fans throwing objects including a pigs head at him when he played for Real against them though did it ?

Not the same in the slightest, 2 different players in different eras. That's why laudrup is linked with the job
Jonnyboy
20-07-2013, 10:16 PM
So sad for Tito. Waited his time while assisting Pep and this horrendous illness has struck.
YehButNoBut
24-07-2013, 08:21 AM
So none of the favourites got one of the biggest jobs in football as Barca have gone for Gerardo Martino the club said yesterday that they had hired 50-year-old Argentine Martino, a former Newell’s Old Boys coach in his native Rosario, on a two-year contract.

Lionel Messi is also from Rosario and the 26-year-old World Player of the Year, increasingly influential thanks to his phenomenal goalscoring record in recent years, reportedly had a hand in Martino’s appointment.

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/gerardo-martino-s-philosophy-fits-at-barcelona-1-3011000