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Ernesto Valverde: 'Barcelona future is unclear'

Valverde: 'Barcelona future is unclear'
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Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde 'does not know' whether he will be in charge of the Spanish giants next season.

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has admitted that he 'does not know' whether he will be in charge of the Spanish giants entering the 2019-2020 campaign.

Valverde replaced Luis Enrique as head coach of Barca in 2017 and the 54-year-old led the club to a league and cup double during his first season at the helm.

Barcelona currently lead the way in La Liga once again, while they have progressed to the latter stages of both the Champions League and Copa del Rey.

Valverde signed a two-year contract with the club upon his arrival in the summer of 2017 and although the deal involves the option of a 12-month extension, neither party has made a move to trigger the clause.

The former Athletic Bilbao manager has now conceded that he is in the dark over his future at Camp Nou.

"I do not know what I will do next season. In this football, who knows? We all know how things are. I never think long or long term," Valverde told Barca TV.

"For us, two months are a very long term. If you win a game, everyone is happy and if you lose, everyone is watching you. What I want is for everyone to be satisfied with the work. But we are not going to cheat.

"If you do not win the league, everyone looks at the coach because it is marked like that. I try to meet the objectives and, of course, how much we have left, so let's see it."

Barcelona will return to league action with a trip to Getafe this weekend.


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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Barcelona17114248192937
2Atletico MadridAtletico1797125121334
3Sevilla1795330171332
4AlavesAlaves189452118331
5Real Madrid179352621530
6Real Betis187562121026
7Getafe176741813525
8Espanyol187381924-524
9GironaGirona185852022-223
10Levante186573034-423
11Valencia1841041616022
12EibarEibar185762125-422
13Celta Vigo175662826221
14Real Valladolid185671620-421
15Real Sociedad175481820-219
16Leganes184771621-519
17Villarreal183871923-417
18Athletic Bilbao1721051624-816
19Rayo Vallecano1844101832-1416
20Huesca1825111735-1811

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