You make bad business decisions – you pay for it. Joan Laporta and his board decided to sack Ronald Koeman last week. They have to pay him 14 million USD as a pay off but Barcelona hope he would take a reduced fee.However, a journalist close to Koeman – Lluis Canut – told Catalunya Radio that the coach won’t forgive the club any of his money.“He wants to take up to the final cent of it. It’s 12 millions but I want to clear up that in this, there’s nothing to do with the money paid to the Dutch federation (to sign him), that was five million euros that Barcelona paid straight away.” Canut explained a little more about the amopunt and the pay-off process.The journalist added that Barcelona CEO Ferran Reverter asked Koeman to take a pay cut.Koeman is gone, but the problems are there to stay as Barca drop points against Alaves“I don’t know if in these 12 it includes what has to be paid for his technical team or it’s just him, taking into account that he delayed 45 per cent of his salary last season because of the pandemic.”“In the first conversations they had they asked him to take a cut of around 7 or 8 million, far from the 12 they have to pay him.”Opposed to the first time Koeman was at Barca (as player in the early 90s – when he brought them the Champions League trophy with his free kick goal), the latest cooperation between the two was like a toxic relationship.It all leads to a conclusion that the 58-year-old will not be financially forgiving to the Camp Nou club.“It’s a contract signed by both sides, not by the current board but it’s a recognised contract and it’s not about letting them off, it has to be paid.”Tue, 22.00: (5.40) DYNAMO KYIV (3.70) BARCELONA (1.75)Koeman had 67 matches in charge of Barcelona before the sacking. In the ongoing La Liga season, the record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats in 10 matches was not even close to satisfactory for the boardroom of the Catalan giants.
