Quique Setien was already under huge pressure, despite only being appointed because the successor to Ernesto Valverde in January.


Barcelona's embattled coach Quique Setien offered no indication that he would resign within the immediate aftermath of Friday's 8-2 Champions League humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich, as club president Josep Maria Bartomeu promised to "take decisions" within the coming days. "It's timely to believe whether or not i will be able to continue," Setien said. "It doesn't depend upon me. There must be a wider reflection, taking under consideration things and therefore the importance of this defeat which is so painful." Defender Gerard Pique involved sweeping changes at the Camp Nou within the wake of the defeat, the worst in Barcelona's distinguished European history.

Setien was already under huge pressure, despite only being appointed because the successor to Ernesto Valverde in January, with Barcelona having relinquished the Spanish title on his watch, finishing second to Real Madrid in La Liga.

They were hoping to form up for a disappointing domestic campaign within the 'Final Eight' in Lisbon but were instead utterly outclassed by Bayern at the Estadio da Luz.

Speaking to Spanish TV station Movistar Plus, Bartomeu said: "Now isn't the time for decisions, it's the time to apologise to the members, the Barcelona fans, because it had been not an honest day for them."

"We are hurting, but once we get to next week we'll start making decisions."

Setien called the defeat "tremendously painful" and hinted that he knew what was coming.

"I am conscious of what such a defeat means. i feel what happens today must be analysed with a touch more perspective," he said.

"The credibility of a teacher is diminished when this happens, clearly. that's obvious, but that doesn't bother me immediately ."  (Source)