Victor Valdes returning to Barcelona always had the chance of turning into a great big mess.
He didn’t leave the club on the best of terms as a player, and has been known to sometimes be a difficult personality to work with. However, he asked if he could take up a role, and Barcelona probably felt they couldn’t knock-back someone who had played so many games for them.
On Saturday, Valdes wasn’t in his position as coach of the Juvenil A team. Sport report that ‘everything indicates’ the former goalkeeper will be ‘notified of his dismissal’ at a meeting set to be held on Monday.
Since Valdes took up the role there’s been several problems, and it all came to a head during an argument with Patrick Kluivert. The Dutchman has a role overseeing the teams at La Masia and informed Valdes that his team had to play the same tactics as the rest, a strict 4-3-3 in the Barca style.
Franc Artiga, current coach of Juvenil B, is the man expected to replace Valdes at this level of the Barcelona system.