2023-05-16 16:14:41
The sporting director of FC Barcelona, Jordi Cruyffwill not renew the contract with the Barcelona club and he will leave at the end of this seasonas reported by the Catalan club on Tuesday.
This is what he communicated this morning to the president of Barça, Joan Laporta, in a meeting in which Cruyff justified his decision not to follow his desire to return to the benches and start a new stage as a coach.
After a long stint as sports director and coach of different teams, Jordi Cruyff left as coach of Shenzhen FC in the Chinese league to join the Barcelona projectwhere he landed on September 1, 2021.
Jordi had become one important piece of the sports area of the first team, as the right hand of the director of football, Mateu Alemanywho will also leave Barcelona this summer after accepting an offer from Aston Villa, and trusted by the manager, Xavi Hernández.
The club, which could soon close the incorporation of ex-Blaugrana footballer Anderson Luis de Souza ‘Deco’ as the new sporting director, “thanks Jordi Cruyff for his important contribution as a member of the Sports Commission, and wishes him the best of luck in his new professional path”.
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