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He drove Valverde Barcelona for the league and doublesCup of the King of Spain Last season, he has three points ahead of second place after 17 games and will play against Olympique Lyon in the last 16 games of the Champions League.
Despite these successes, the coach has speculated about his future last week in an interview with Barcelona television. "He does not know where he will be next season".
At a press conference before the team faces Getafe Sunday, Valverde sought to clarify his future and said his contract, which ends in June, includes the right to extend it for a third season .
He added: "I have a two year contract with the option of renewing it at the end of the season and we have to decide if I will continue or leave."
Reuters quoted Valverde: "We will postpone this decision now and depend on how the season unfolds".
Despite his excellent national record since he took office in June 2017, Valverde has not had the support of Barcelona supporters, on whom he relied on his predecessors such as Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.
He was also strongly criticized after his exit from the quarter-finals UDLRe Heroes Last season, after an excessive victory in their 4-1 victory over Rome.
Valverde said: "It was not half of the season but if everything went well, I would be happy to stay, although the decision does not belong to me".
He continued, "We all know how to handle the situation, if you do not win titles as in the past, the masses will demand you leave, but I feel good here since I was in charge."
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Valverde led the league and the King's Cup last season and has three points ahead of second place after 17 games. He will play against Olympique Lyon in the last 16 games of the Champions League.
Despite these successes, the coach has speculated about his future last week by saying in an interview with Barcelona television that he "did not know where he would be next season".
At a press conference before the team faces Getafe Sunday, Valverde sought to clarify his future and said his contract, which ends in June, includes the right to extend it for a third season .
"I have a two-year contract with the option of renewing it at the end of the season and we have to decide if I will continue or leave."
"We will postpone this decision now and depend on how the season unfolds," Valverde said.
Despite his excellent national record since he took office in June 2017, Valverde has not had the support of Barcelona supporters, on whom he relied on his predecessors such as Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.
He was also heavily criticized after being knocked out of the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season after a 4-1 victory over him in Rome.
"It was not half of the season, but if everything went well, I would be happy to stay, although the decision was not in my hands," Valverde said.
"If we do not win titles as in the past, the masses will demand your departure, but I feel good here as I have since I took responsibility," he said.
