Koeman dismisses Barcelona links

Everton manager Ronald Koeman is fully focused on his job at Everton amid claims that he is eyeing a move to Barcelona in the future.

Koeman was a member of Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team" at Barcelona, helping the club win La Liga four years in a row between 1991 and 1994, and scoring the winning goal in the 1992 European Cup final at Wembley.

As a manager, the Dutchman won three Eredivisie titles with Ajax and PSV, whilehe guided Southampton to their highest ever Premier League finish last season before leaving St Mary's to move to Everton.

He signed a three-year contract when he was named as Roberto Martinez's successor in June but he has repeatedly been linked with a return to Barcelona in the future and, while he admits it may have crossed his mind in the past, Koeman insists he is not looking too far into the future.

"One time when I went to Valencia. They always speak about Koeman and Barcelona. Everyone knows I have a relationship with Barcelona. Everyone says, 'One day Koeman will be the coach in Barcelona'," Koeman told the Daily Mail.

"I had a little bit in my mind that when I went to Valencia it was maybe a good step to do the next step to Barcelona. But now I'm more experienced. You cannot plan what is going to happen. You cannot plan your life. In life everything is possible. In football everything is possible.

"You can't say, 'I go to Everton in one or two years, I go to Barcelona'. No. Why? Maybe Everton will be bigger than it now is. Maybe Luis Enrique is doing a fantastic job for the next three years and they don't need a coach.

"No. The best thing is to believe in the project; how Everton is. It is not the final moment in this project. Of course not. I signed for three years. I don't think I signed for three years and will be out after one year."

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