Sampaoli: Stoichkov backs Sevilla coach for Barcelona job
Ex-Barça ace Hristo Stoichkov believes Jorge Sampaoli is the man to fill Luis Enrique's shoes at the LaLiga champions this summer</br><a title="Barcelona vs Deportivo La Coruña live online: LaLiga " href="https://en.as.com/en/2017/12/17/football/1513504209_061523.html">Barcelona vs Deportivo: LaLiga </a>
Hristo Stoichkov has backed Jorge Sampaoli to take over from Barcelona boss Luis Enrique, who has said he'll leave the Camp Nou this summer.
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The ex-Chile coach, who led La Roja to glory at the 2015 Copa América, is being heavily linked with the post having had an impressive first year at Sevilla.
And Bulgaria great Stoichkov, who had two spells as a player at Los Azulgranas during the 1990s, is in no doubt the Argentinian is the right man for the job.
"If it were down to me, I'd appoint Sampaoli"
"If the decision were mine, I'd want Sampaoli to be Barcelona coach," Stoichkov said in quotes published in the newspaper Diario Olé.
"What he did with Chile isn't easy, and winning the Copa América the way he did is fantastic. If it were down to me, I'd appoint him for his winning mentality.
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"At the same time, though, it's a decision that has to be thought through carefully."
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