BARCELONA - Barcelona is accelerating the planning of the next season with urgency. In the midst of the storm surrounding the Camp Nou, the name of Jordi Cruyff has reappeared, according to a report by RAC1. The board of directors led by Josep Maria Bartomeu wants to recruit him this summer.
Jordi Cruyff, son of the legendary Johan Cruyff, declined an offer from Barça in July 2017 to join the sports structure. He stated that he preferred to stay on the bench of Maccabi. The situation is different now because Jordi will leave Israel at the end of this season, although it remains to be seen how he fits into the organization led by Pep Segura, general sports manager.
Jordi, who has not ruled out any future scenarios after deciding to leave Maccabi, may consider a return to Camp Nou... depending on the decision-making capacity offered to him by the club. It is certainly not for a mere decorative role; his signing would be part of a real revolution within the sports structure of Barça.
The disaster in Rome has completely changed the atmosphere in the club's offices, where the figure of Roberto Fernandez has gone from praise to collapse. It is suspected that his departure at the end of the season is already settled.
The name of Jordi Cruyff, who announced in March that he will leave Maccabi at the end of the season after working there successfully since 2012, is not new at Barça. His personal relationship with Bartomeu has been very fluid and even close since his father's death two years ago. If there were already rumors about his signing in January 2015, over time his importance within the club's offices has only increased.
"Barcelona must remain loyal to its style," Jordi explained to ESPN. During an interview, he left the door open for any future return but was clear about his football ideas.
His work at Maccabi clearly demonstrated this philosophy, which he learned from his father and has always been committed to. "The future cannot be predicted, but it is clear that Barça is my home," he resolved in that interview, during which he praised the choice of Valverde as the new coach... which suggests that he would be in favor of the coach's continuity, despite everything.