FC Barcelona has announced through an official statement that the current sports director will not continue in his duties as of June 30
Cruyff had a contract until the end of the season and has decided not to renew his relationship with the club
jordi Cruyff will not continue next season at FC Barcelona. The club has announced through an official statement that the current sports director will not continue in his duties as of June 30.
Although Xavi had pushed for Cruyff to be confirmed in office after Mateu Alemany’s goodbyehis trusted man has decided to dissociate himself from the club, leaving the position of sports director vacant, a position that has many possibilities of
Jordi Cruyff will leave the Club on June 30
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The sports director of FC Barcelona, Jordi Cruyff, will not renew his contract with the entity at the end of this season for the desire to undertake new professional projects. This was communicated this morning to the president of the entity, Joan Laporta, in an emotional meeting in which Cruyff argued for him to leave in search of new challenges after two seasons at Barça.
jordi Cruyff has conveyed his commitment to help the club in the transition towards a new structure of the soccer executive, offering its maximum collaboration in the closing of pending operations in the summer market.
Besides, Cruyff wanted to express his most sincere gratitude to President Laporta for his confidence and for having offered him the opportunity to join FC Barcelona two seasons ago.
After a long journey as sports director and coach of different teams, he disassociated himself as coach of Shenzhen FC in the Chinese league to join the FC Barcelona projectwhere it landed on September 1, 2021.
In their two seasons at the Catalan club, the work of Jordi Cruyff It has been very valuable in football decisions and in the reconstruction of the first team. In addition, she has been a person very close to the coaches and the technical staff that the club has had.
He club thanks Jordi Cruyff for his important contribution as a member of the Sports Commission and wishes him the best of luck on his new professional path.