Jonatan Giraldez does not want to continue as coach of the women's FC Barcelona

 

FC Barcelona is in the midst of an earthquake of renewals, injuries and departures. After the departure of Markel Zubizarreta – the former sports director who was baptized, among achievements and trophies, as “the architect” of Barça women's football – and the recent incorporation of Marc Vivés, most of the renewals remain up in the air. Among the big questions was that of coach Jonatan Giráldez, who ends his contract on June 30 after joining the team in 2021. According to Relevo, the Vigo coach has no intention of renewing with the Barça club as the financial offer seems insufficient to him. , as communicated to part of the staff and management. The second reason is that he has received great offers from American clubs. The players, for their part, were unaware of Giráldez's decision, and found out after the media leak.

News that will lengthen the negotiations with the players at the expense of knowing the future project that awaits the team and who will be in charge of leading the Barça bench. With Patri Guijarro tied up before Zubizarreta leaves, many other key pieces remain up in the air, such as Alexia Putellas, Mapi León, Mariona Caldentey, Sandra Paños, Gemma Font, Marta Torrejón, Lucy Bronze and Asisat Oshoala. But next year they will have another challenge: the renewal of the last Ballon d'Or winner, Aitana Bonmatí.

After Patri's renewal at the beginning of October, Giráldez was clear: "Now it's time to try to close other players who are important and priorities to have a project and be able to be a team as competitive as it has been in recent seasons." Zubizarreta had gone to Las Rozas, and a parenthesis had been opened with the players until Marc Vivés took over and began negotiations. “A change has been made in the sports management. You have to be calm and patient,” the Barça coach expressed then about his renewal and that of the rest of the players.

But the calm was strangled by the club's financial situation, from which no corner of La Masia escapes. Despite having a good relationship with the new sports director due to their shared experience in the Catalan team, great offers have arrived for the coach who took over from Lluís Cortés. The financial amount that Barcelona proposes is not enough, he believes, and will mean goodbye to the coach, on the podium of nominees for The Best after winning his second Champions League and two other consecutive leagues. A dismemberment that began with Markel, that could continue with Jonatan and that leaves the renewals of the heavyweights of the squad on hold.