The latest on Barcelona's crisis LIVE

Ronald Koeman was relieved of his duties as Barcelona head coach late on Wednesday night after the club's 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano, which leaves the Blaugrana sitting ninth in the table. In the Champions League, Barcelona are third in their group after losing their opening two matches to Bayern Munich and Benfica. Now, attention turns towards who will replace Koeman at the Camp Nou.

Xavi Hernandez is the leading candidate to take charge at Barcelona, but the Catalan club must first reach an agreement with Al Sadd to take him away from Qatar, with the 41-year-old under contract until June 30, 2023.

Other names that have been linked with taking charge are River Plate boss Marcelo Gallardo and Belgium manager Roberto Martinez, while Sergi Barjuan or Albert Capellas will become head coach on an interim basis until the new coach arrives.

13:30 BST: Barjuan confirmed as interim coach

Barcelona have announced that B team coach Sergi Barjuan has taken charge of the first team on an interim basis. There will be a press conference on Friday from 12:00 BST with Barjuan and Barcelona president Joan Laporta.

13:00 BST: Koeman wants his money

Koeman is unwilling to give up a single cent of the 12 million euros he is owed after being sacked, says Moises Llorens. Given the way he has been treated in the last year, it's probably fair enough.

12:30 BST: Koeman's relief

Ronald Koeman feels "liberated after reaching the end of the agony", following his dismissal as Barcelona boss, Lluis Canut tells Toni Juanmarti.

12:00 BST: Negotiations for Xavi

An agreement could be announced soon Barcelona and Xavi, according to Mundo Deportivo's Edu Polo, but the Catalan club first need to iron out his departure from Al Sadd and also which staff members he will bring to the Camp Nou.

Barcelona really want Xavi to be in charge by the time they face Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine on November 2 in what is a key game as they look to progress past the Champions League group stage. However, Al Sadd play at home against Al Duhail, their big rivals, on November 3 and then there is an almost two-month long break due to the Arab Cup, so it is thought that he could leave after November 3 but not before.

11:40 BST: Schreuder says goodbye too

Alfred Schreuder, who was Ronald Koeman's assistant, has been at Barcelona's training ground to collect his things and say goodbye to some of the staff, according to Moises Llorens.

11:20 BST: Xavi arrival imminent

As Sport's Toni Juanmarti reports, Barcelona president Joan Laporta will hold a meeting with the players at 15:30 BST to state that Xavi will be the new coach.

11:00 BST: Xavi's success

Xavi lifted his seventh trophy as Al Sadd boss just a few days ago, as his team beat Al Rayyan 5-4 on penalties to win the Emir Cup.

10:30 BST: Koeman's Barcelona record

Koeman was in charge of Barcelona for a total of 67 matches, in which he won 40 games, drew 11 and lost 16.

10:00 BST: Koeman to say goodbye today

Although Koeman was given his marching orders on Wednesday night, he will today say farewell to the Barcelona players at the club's training ground.

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