Eder Sarabia, who was Quique Setién’s technical assistant when he led Barcelona in 2020, revealed in an interview that they have no “chemistry” with Lionel Messi and, to a large extent, that made them not do well. during their time at the culé team.
“Being Leo Messi is very difficult. You are the best player of all time. You are very well known. You can’t go out on the street. You close in on your group of friends and family. You do not have other types of relationships and you cannot contrast opinions with others. All this causes mental fatigue and exhaustion. That’s why he wanted to leave.
“We did not manage to play the keys to get the best results. Chemistry was not as desirable. We do not find the best Messi in the mood. He needs to be cleaner to develop his football. At first I had great conversations with him about football. He is a winner, you just have to talk to him about football, give him two or three messages to win. He has the rest, “Sarabia said in an interview with the newspaper ‘The country’.
The coach who now leads Andorra, owned by Gerard Piqué, questioned the mood and quality of the team they were to lead with Quique Setién.
“It simply came to my notice then. As Vicente del Bosque says, “everything that happens is convenient.” Everything that happened to me at Barça made me better. Including 2-8. It was not a team ready to face the important challenges. He was caught with wires. And what happened in Vigo are circumstances that happen to the players. You talk hot. ”
Finally, he admitted that the ways to leave the club were not the best and that they could not collect their full salaries.
“It simply came to our notice then. They wanted to move us to other technical positions. In order to be free and be able to work for another club, we had to give up an important part of our contract. I recently charged a deadline. Setién was not paid. All this disappointed me, but I do not change everything that happened to me at Barça for anything in the world. But even in a game before the pandemic, they chanted my name on the stadium! “