Valverde leaving Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Club Bilbao has-confirmed that head coach Ernesto Valverde will not continue for the 2017-18 football season, with rumours of him being in charge of FC Barcelona increasing every day. Athletic gave the news in a communique on the club's website, confirming what many had been expecting for the past few weeks, reports Xinhua news agency. The former player, who was in his second spell and sixth season as the coach at the Basque club, recently set a new record for the maximum number of games in charge after spending 306 matches in the Athletic Club dugout.