Former FC Barcelona star Sergi Barjuan has decided abruptly to leave his position as manager of Barcelona’s Juvenil B youth squad, according to reports Friday in Sport.  Barjuan has been officially replaced by former Cadete A manager García Pimienta, who has in turn been replaced by Víctor Sánchez, former Cadete A coach.

No concrete reasons were offered for  Barjuan’s decision. In his Twitter feed, the former Barcelona defender said only that he had “decided to leave FC Barcelona to pursue coaching at a higher professional level.”