Neymar Threat Throws Unzue Barca Boss Dreams Into Disarray After Blazing Training Ground Row
Juan Carlos Unzue's chances of becoming the next Barcelona manager have taken a massive hit after a heated row with Neymar saw the superstar threaten to leave.
Barcelona will have to return to the managerial drawing board after a sensational training ground bust-up between the pair, according to Mundo Deportivo (via Goal), that saw the Brazil international threaten to leave if Unzue was handed the reins once current boss Luis Enrique departs.
Unzue is believed to have tried to motivate Neymar by stating that another ex-Barca Brazilian - Ronaldinho - didn't give enough to La Blaugrana's cause in his latter years at the club.
That was a comment that didn't go down well with the 25-year-old who, after exchanging strong words with Unzue, stormed off saying: "If he stays, I'll go."
Such a threat is more than likely to have left Barcelona's board sweating over the possible departure of Neymar, and could lead to the club's hierarchy dismantling plans to install Unzue as Enrique's replacement when the Spaniard steps down at the end of the season.
Many of Barca's first-team stars were said to be happy with Unzue being named the La Lia giants' new head coach, and his appointment was also favoured among the club's backroom team, who seemed to think that the 50-year-old would make for an easy transition from Enrique due to his knowledge of the club.
Unzue, who was a member of Barcelona's first-team squad during his playing career, is part of Enrique's coaching staff but his authority - and inability to draw the best out of his team's talented crop at set-pieces - has been undermined by these latest revelations.
As a result, Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde has now been tipped to take over at the Nou Camp after four years with the Basque outfit, and join the side who he played for between 1988 and 1990.
Enrique, 47, is set to end his three-year spell as Barca boss after citing that the stresses of leading the club forward had become too much to handle.
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