August 2020 was the end of the cycle Eric Abidal as technical secretary of FC Barcelona. Now, seven months later, the former player is reviewing his stage in the culé team.
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In an interview for telegraph, the Frenchman discovered several problems and sent an arrow to MESS. In addition, he talked about signing it Griezmann and DT who proposed to the Barça team.
He demanded Valverde leave
“In December 2018, after a complete analysis of the manager, the list and the team, we recommended to move to Ernesto ValverdeI told the president, “I think that’s the decision to make now.” And he said “no, it’s not easy.” He decided to renew the coach’s contract two months later, the opposite of what I had suggested. Of course, I accepted the decision and continued to give my full support to the coach, but it was a little strange for me. When I gave up Valverde, Pochettino, Setién, Allegri and Xavi Hernández were on my list, but my first choice was Pochettino“.
He has now proposed to sign DT of PSG
“What if I talked to him? Yes, and not just me. I told the board, ‘I need to get the best coach we can on the market. I’m not here for politics because he’s been to Espanyol before.’ He is one of the best in our game Pochettino has reached the Champions League final with Tottenham, which must be respected, has a good philosophy of play, training, the players love him and I think he would now be a better coach for this situation, but with a real project ”.
Dart to Messi
“In my opinion, the team had to train harder. In my time with Guardiola, it was “do you want the best? Okay, you have to train like the best. You will win everything, only if you do the job during the week. All I said was that the players never wanted to get rid of the coach. Messi spoke to me personally. I had a strong conversation, but I can accept it. No problem because you have to be transparent. I was very comfortable because he was the only player who spoke to me like that, the only one. I respect that. I also understand that Messi is the captain and I wanted to defend the team, but I never said that Messi would have told me to fire the coach. Not”.
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How was the relationship with “Fleas”?
“I do not have to fix anything with MESS, our relationship has not changed from my point of view. From his point of view, I don’t know, but for me the situation is over. I have exchanged many messages and he knows what I think. I didn’t want to turn a small situation into a global one and put the whole club in trouble. “
Griezmann avoided Neymar’s return
“Ten days before the end of the transfer window, I went to Paris to talk to Leonardo (PSG sporting director). If we hadn’t signed Griezmann earlier, I think we could have resigned Neymar 100%. I needed a striker and when Neymar was in Barcelona it was incredible. It’s not about the player who is better, but what I thought was the position I needed at the time. The team needed a real wing. The President decided to sign Griezmann. One of the arguments against Neymar was that he had a lawsuit against the club, so it was not easy. They said he would have to stop the trial if he wanted to return. That wasn’t my problem, because I wasn’t at the club when the dispute happened. In my opinion, I could sign the player, but it didn’t happen. “