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According to the Spanish newspaper "Sport", former Catalonia club player J. Neeskens has agreed to become the assistant to the main club strategist Frank Rijkaard.
The Dutchman, who played for Blaugrana team from 1974 to 1979, will replace his compatriot Henk Ten Cate in this position, who became the new coach of Amsterdam's "Ajax".
The current assistant of the Australian national team coach Guus Hiddink refused the opportunity to take over the national team and chose the Spanish champions team.
According to the newspaper, this news will be officially announced immediately after the Australian team returns from the World Cup in Germany.
Meanwhile, the Argentine "Primera" league club "Arsenal" will help the strongest European club of this year to hunt for young talents in South America. This was officially confirmed by the secretary of the board of directors of Barcelona, Xavier Cambra.
Last weekend, a meeting of the board of directors of the Spanish champions took place in the small town of Camprodón. According to X. Cambra, among other issues discussed, the Catalan team reached an agreement with representatives of the Argentine "Arsenal" to help in finding new talents for "Barça".
According to this agreement, the club "Arsenal de Sarandí" from Buenos Aires province will search for young and promising players in South America, while "Barcelona" will have the right of first refusal to sign contracts with these prospective young talents.
"This agreement is a step in implementing a new scouting policy for our club." - said X. Cambra.
In the 2005-2006 season of the Argentine "Primera" league championship, which is divided into two separate tournaments, "Arsenal" finished in 15th place out of 20 teams.
