Coinciding with the re-floating of the Barça with Xavi, Ronald Koeman he has made explosive statements in his home country. In the Dutch newspaper ‘General Newspaper‘ensures his departure from the Camp Nou it was his “hardest time as a coach.” He regrets that they didn’t give him the same time as Xavi, and sows doubts about his attitude Joan Laporta with Xavi and Messi.
XAVI
“They didn’t give me the time they gave Xavi. I still find it painful. He was working with many injured. Now Pedri get back in shape, and Ousmane Dembele“Everything can be seen,” he said. “Every coach needs time and patience from the board,” he added, noting that he would have liked to have been able to count on reinforcements such as Aubameyang, Ferran Torres, Adam i Alves.
MESSI
Koeman also got into the heavyweight division as Messi. “It was at the insistence of the club’s management that I agreed with the departure of some players to put their finances in order. But then, when you see that they are taking someone for 55 million euros shortly after the release of Lionel Messi … Then you wonder if something else was not happening. Why did Messi have to leave? ”He points out, raising suspicions about the departure of the Barcelona symbol.
LAPORTA
“I was not the coach of Laporta,” laments the last coach of Josep Maria Bartomeu. “I had this feeling from the first moment, after the election there was no click. This necessary support was lacking from above. Laporta had tried to sign him in his first stint at the club, but according to Koeman, he immediately noticed that nothing was like 2003. but I realized that Laporta wanted to get rid of me because I was not appointed by him. And he adds, firing a bullet, that the president did not see very clearly to bet on the electoral flag of Victor Font. “Laporta told me a thousand times that Xavi would not be his coach, because he lacked experience.”
