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#3 More questions to be asked of Setien

Thins have not gone smoothly for Quique Setien

The year started poorly for Barcelona, with a 3-2 loss to Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup proving to be the last straw for Ernesto Valverde as manager.

The 55-year-old was sacked soon after that and in his stead, the club turned to former Real Betis coach Quique Setien, appointing him on a two-and-half year contract.

His appointment generated mixed reactions, with his only selling point being that he played attractive football while acting as manager of Los Verdiblancos and as the 60-year-old himself admitted, he was surprised to receive the call.

Life has not gone according to plan for him at Camp Nou and he has already lost two of his first six matches in charge of the Catalans, while his side struggled even in victory against minnow like Ibiza, Granada, and, Levante, and Leganes.

With all due respect to the quartet, none of them are exactly in the upper echelons of Spanish football and the fact that Barcelona were unconvincing in their victories over them was a source of discontent among fans.

The two reasonably quality opposition the Blaugrana have faced under Setien have seen them lose, with this latest setback to Bilbao coming after another away loss to Valencia in the league.

Quique Setien stated that he was very honoured to have the job of coaching the best player in the world but if he does not oversee a quick turn of results, he would be out of a job as quickly as he got it.