Toni Freixa tells fellow Barcelona candidates: We should all commit to Koeman staying | OneFootball

Barcelona presidential candidate Toni Freixa says coach Ronald Koeman will be safe should he win next year's election.

Koeman's future has been cast into doubt after Josep Maria Bartomeu's resignation as president this week.

But Freixa has moved to assure the Dutchman: "He has every right and every need to know that he has this confidence through his leadership and decisions. He will fully fulfill his two-year contract. We believe this is the best thing for Barcelona to do.

"The team needs stability and security, to isolate itself from electoral convulsions. I would like the other candidates to make this proposal theirs as well. Koeman's future must not become a matter of campaign. The peace of the team must be assured and Koeman's authority is also a good message for the group.

"I want him to be able to work without more pressure than wanting to build a great team, equal to the greatness of FC Barcelona, for as long as it takes. Two years is the minimum for the evolution of this team."