Manchester City and Barcelona Next Manager Betting
- By A.J. Ryder on August 16, 2020 15:30 GMT
There are definitely plenty of question marks surrounding some of Europe’s top football clubs as a pair of the biggest and most respected sides on the continent were soundly beaten to prevent them from progressing to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Both managers had been somewhat under the gun despite their prominent places and many believe that things could get very interesting in Catalonia and the blue side of Manchester.
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You’ll find that Barcelona’s manager Quiqui Setien had only held the post since January but he has not been able to get much out of this side and their massive 8-2 defeat at the hands of a ruthless Bayern Munich indicated that he had clearly lost the dressing room.
Without the support of his players and poor results on the pitch during a season where many clubs, even some of the biggest, are hit by a loss of revenue due to the COVID19 crisis. Mauricio Pochettino had been emerging as the betting favourite to take over at Barcelona and he could be backed as short as a 6/4 price tag. This makes sense with him being one of the most prominent available managers and he has indicated in the past that this is a position that he would flourish in.
However, recent money has come in sharply for Ronald Koeman at a number of different books and you’ll find him getting crashed down to a ⅖ price tag from the 6/1 he was available at until just recently. It is to the point where a few bookmakers still have him listed at 6/1 since they haven’t caught up on the news.
Xavi Hernandez was one of Barcelona’s most popular players for much of their recent dominance, patrolling their midfield alongside Adres Iniesta. He was in the mix to take over as well and isn’t completely out of the question with a price hovering around 6/1 all the way up to 12/1.
