The Book of Setien: This is how his teams play

Many Barcelona fans are wondering how their side will play from now on under newly-appointed head coach Quique Setien.

The 61-year-old has become renowned for getting his teams to play an exciting brand of football, which Barcelona hope he will be able to instil at the Camp Nou.

"When I get to a team, I guarantee to play good football," Setien said at his presentation on Tuesday.

But how will he get this team back on its feet? What will his approach be and who will be his key men? What attracts Setien most in a footballing sense? These are some of the questions that many at Barcelona are asking.

The answers to which can be intuited by analysing Setien's previous spells at Las Palmas and Real Betis, although he will have far greater resources now at his disposal in of his options.

Las Palmas: 4-2-3-1 and talent in midfield

The style of play that Setien brought to Las Palmas caused many people in Spain to fall in love with the Canary Island club.

Some players took their game to a new level under the Cantabrian, such as Roque Mesa, Vicente Gomez, Tana and Jonathan Viera, and it is no coincidence that they all had a similar profile: they are midfielders who love to get on the ball and utilise their creativity.

Unlike what he would later do at Betis, Setien played a four-man defence, although Roque Mesa would often drop back and act as a third centre-back as they began moves.

From there, an emphasis was placed on building superiority in midfield. The two full-backs (Michel Machedo or David Simon on the right and Dani Castellano on the left) would come from deep, while Kevin-Prince Boateng played as a false nine in order to create a greater advantage on the ball, although the front four had the freedom to move where they saw fit.

Real Betis: Three centre-backs and a single striker

At Real Betis, their system was always conditioned by the limitation they had in of strikers.

In his first season, only the irruption of Loren Moren saw Setien able to confidently play a No.9 after Tonny Sanabria failed to have the desired impact.

In fact, Setien even tried Joaquin Sanchez as a false nine - like he did with Boateng at Las Palmas - before Loren burst onto the scene, but his predominant system saw Betis play with one striker.

Neither Ruben Castro nor Sergio Leon performed to the level expected, so Setien embraced a 3-4-2-1 system whereby the midfield was occupied by two very positional midfielders and two full-backs (out of Junior Firpo or Riza Durmisi on the left with Antonio Barragan on the right), who had some defensive responsibilities but also the freedom to bomb on and attack.

Behind the one striker, there were two deep-lying playmakers (Fabian Ruiz and Andres Guardado) with another two creative players (Joaquin and Ryad Boudebouz) just ahead.

In short, Setien once again sought to create superiority by adding in one centre-back to bring the ball out - in Betis' case, Marc Bartra - plus having two fixed midfielders that were behind two dynamic players who played off the striker.

That was the basis of his style of place at Betis in his first year... and also in his second year. The only thing that changed were the names.

Where Fabian, Boudebouz and Joaquin were before, Setien was able to include William Carvalho, Giovani Lo Celso and Sergio Canales ahead of the 2018/19 season.

Once again, Los Verdiblancos played a whole host of midfielders, while Joaquin rediscovered his best form in a hybrid midfielder-winger role.

Setien will be conditioned by Suarez

At Barcelona, the long-term injury to Luis Suarez will condition his first few months at the Camp Nou.

It will be fascinating to see how the former Lugo boss views his new set of players and what system he will try to implement, particularly as there will not be many funds available to overhaul the squad. The notion of playing a three-man defence seems unlikely, particularly after Jean-Clair Todibo's departure to Schalke.

Setien's first match in charge will come against Granada on Sunday night and that may provide an insight into what style of play he will try to implement.