A Ronald Koeman The win pleased him to end a very busy week and that Sunday ended with the publication of Messi’s contract that already turned the club’s environment into an earthquake. The team managed to forget everything, they fought, they fought, they beat Athletic … And the coach congratulated himself on this … who did not pass up the opportunity to criticize what was happening around the captain.
“The team was very good at the pressure in the first half, had a lot of ball and the half-time result was short because of our chances. The second was different because they pushed harder, we were unlucky to pass the tie, but we responded, ”he analyzed Koeman, emphasizing that Barça has moved forward by overcoming a very demanding calendar.
“It has been a complicated month, with many matches, many trips, different competitions … The team has improved and because of the quality we brought this up,” he synthesized, adding value to a comeback in the league that Barça in second place.
From there, he focused his speech on Lionel Messi, without asking any question that was asked about the publication of the newspaper El Mundo.
“What has been published about Messi, I think, has had a bad intention, it is to harm a player who has given so much to Barça and all of Spanish football. Leo has shown that he is a born winner who it knows, despite everything., come into the game. I had no doubts, despite what has come out in the press, that it would not hit him, ” revealed the Dutchman, who did not hesitate to be very tough in the case the leak could have originated from Barça itself.
“If the person responsible is someone from within the club, that is very bad. If you are part of Barça you have to help the club, the coaches, the players … We have to think about our business and whether there is anyone in there. leaked, this cannot have a future at Barça, ”he stated openly, making his anger clear, although its origins could not be confirmed.
Koeman even asked not to forget what had happened and encouraged to find out. “How did it turn out? I don’t know … You need to know how it got in the press, because those things shouldn’t appear, but there are people who are interested in hurting Barca and hurting Leo. to be there, try the margin of those things. “
“I really don’t understand Messi’s contract being talked about as a ruin,” said Koeman, once again recalling that “you need to know what Leo has done for this club. He has been demonstrating his quality for many years and helping to make it happen. the big., very big, to Barça and winning many titles. You have to leave the contract and you have to leave this nonsense behind, “he concluded.