FORMER Adelaide United boss Guillermo Amor is the new chief of Barcelona’s professional youth football teams.

Barcelona made the announcement via its official website on Monday afternoon in Spain.

The Barca legend who decided not to renew his Reds two-year deal after winning the A-League double in 2016 returned to Barcelona in May.

After in April declaring he had no offers for coaching Amor and his former Barca teammate Jose Mari Bakero who was also loosely linked to the Reds job before Marco Kurz was appointed will lead Barca B and its under 19 A and B teams.

Amor, 48, returns to the club after joining Adelaide in 2014 as the club’s technical director.

The former Barca skipper recently played in a Barca v Manchester United legends match at the Camp Nou.