He has got off to a good start with the dressing room. "The ideas that he has come in with are very good. "He will be very good for us," Mingueza added. Photo by Ion Alcoba/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Oscar Mingueza has said he is happy that Barcelona replaced Ronald Koeman and brought back Xavi Hernandez. Xavi, who made 767 appearances for Barca as a player before leaving in 2015, has replaced Koeman after leaving Al Sadd, who he led to seven trophies in just over two years in charge in Qatar. And when things aren't good and don't go well, you need a change." There wasn't the atmosphere that we needed. When the dynamic is not good, everyone does what they can, but we didn't believe in what we wanted, either. "We weren't good individually or collectively. "The team stopped believing in the idea and everyone tried to solve their own things," Mingueza told Catalan television channel TV3 ahead of Saturday's derby against Espanyol. Soccer's Misery Index: What's left at Barca after Messi exit? La Liga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S.
Koeman won the Copa del Rey in his first season in charge at Barca but was fired in October with the club ninth in LaLiga following a shock defeat to Rayo Vallecano.
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Mingueza, 22, was promoted to the first team by Koeman and handed his full debut by the Dutchman, but believes a change of manager was needed at Camp Nou as results deteriorated. Barcelona defender Oscar Mingueza said the players had "stopped believing" under former coach Ronald Koeman and has welcomed the appointment of Xavi Hernandez.