Ahead of La Liga match, Quique Setien met with journalists. Spanish coach talked about Barcelona’s latest issues, president and Lionel Messi.
Josep Bartomeu’s meet up with team members
According to Quique Setien, Bartomeu met only with senior members of the club. President is very sad about the latest news and rumors. AS you may know, Spanish magazines wrote very interesting stuff. According to the rumor, Barcelona’s president was hiring a company to use fake accounts on social networks. Those social network accounts had to create funny memes and fake stories about players like Messi, Suarez, etc.
According to the latest rumors, Bartomeu was using that company when any particular player was doing something against him. Josep Bartomeu met with journalists and said that rumor was not true. He also met with Lionel Messi and explained the situation. Quique Setien says that the team is focused only on playing football.
Lionel Messi thinks current Barca can’t win Champions League
Quique Setien said that he read the interview of Lionel Messi. At some points, the Spanish coach agrees with Messi. At the same time, Quique said that he can’t agree with Messi on the Champions League thesis. Quique said that Barcelona has won many Champions League trophies in the last 20 years.
Quique believes that Barcelona has the same chance as other teamse4 in play-offs. At the same time, Barcelona is keeping growing and improving every week. Spanish coach believes that Barcelona can reach the point where the team can do a wonderful job at the pitch and win the Champions League by the end of the season.
Barcelona signs a new striker
After a controversial transfer talk, Braithwaite is the player of Barcelona. He was signed from Leganes and Quique is happy with the striker. Spanish coach noted that Braithwaite is ready to play and perform on a high level. Suarez and Dembele will be out for the next few weeks, so Braithwiat has to prove haters wrong.