Barcelona names Martino new manager:
Barcelona have reached an agreement for Argentinian Gerardo Martino to become their new coach.
The 50-year-old, who led Newell's Old Boys to the Argentinian Clausura title last season but recently severed ties with the club, has agreed a two-year contract at Barca where he will replace Tito Vilanova.
Barca announced on Friday night that the 44-year-old Vilanova was stepping down as he continues his battle with cancer.
"FC Barcelona have reached an agreement to appoint Gerardo Martino as the new coach of the football team for the next two seasons . This agreement is pending the drafting and signing of the contract,'' a statement on fcbarcelona.cat read.
"In the coming hours his arrival in Barcelona, signing the contract and the subsequent presentation.''
A host of coaches were linked to the vacant position with the Spanish champions, including Luis Enrique, Andre Villas-Boas, Marcelo Bielsa, Michael Laudrup and Guus Hiddink, who yesterday resigned as coach of Anzhi Makhachkala.
However, Martino emerged as the favourite over the weekend and the former Argentina midfielder was today confirmed as Barca's new boss.
In my opinion I think that it's the best thing that Barcelona can do after Tito Vilanova steped down because of his cancer. The new coach as I had heard is a good coach for Barcelona and I hope he will win a lot of cops trophies.
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