Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman He considered that his team “is not there to win many things” at the press conference before the match with Athletic Bilbao.
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“You have to be realistic and know where we come from, the changes we made and the young players there,” added the Dutch coach. In addition, he said that “the league is complicated by the difference in points with Atletico Madrid again in Champions League there are no favorites to win the competition. “
Asked about the report of the technical secretariat revealed by TV3, which recommends signing the plantl Manchester City Eric Garcia and questions that Samuel Umtiti and Óscar Mingueza Be prepared for high-level commitments, Koeman replied that he does not follow the press “too much” and is “interested in games”.
But at the insistence of journalists, he explained that “it is always important to have someone at the club working to improve the team in January or next year.”
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Thus, he said that he does not mind “because it is a job that the club has to do and the players should not be upset because they participate a lot in the games”.
On Umtiti He explained that “he came out due to an injury, healed well and relies on him.” And as for Mingueza, who “has been playing many games since he came from the branch.”
Koeman also admitted that he recently spoke with the team’s coach Manchester City Pep Guardiola, but “to congratulate you on your fiftieth birthday, not to talk about Eric Garcia.”
The Dutch coach explained that “if it is not possible for (the player) to come in January”, he accepts him and goes “forward”.
The big news on the list he faces Athletic Bilbao It could be Sergi Roberto, injured since the end of November. “He has a chance to make the list,” Koeman said.
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The Barcelona coach considered that “in the two games played recently against him Athletic Bilbao“His team had ‘a lot of chances to win’ (in fact, they won 2-3 in the league) and I know that the Bilbao team ‘is physically strong and gets a lot of performance from the fixed parts’.
EFE