A few hours from Barcelona debut in LaLiga Santander, against Real Sociedad, the atmosphere is not a party at the Camp Nou. Despite the fact that the Barça coliseum will have fans for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the followers of the Barça club are upset with the president Joan Laporta for the departure of Lionel messi to the PSG. This has been made known to him through some banners hanging on the facade of the Catalan stadium.
“Judas, you cheated on D10S”, “Barça is not your business” Y “Laporta, Florentino’s lackey” You can read the posters that the fans of the ‘Blaugrana’ club hung outside the Camp Nou. For them, the Catalan lawyer is solely responsible for the Argentine’s departure Messi after twenty-one years in Spain.
The banners against Laporta refer to the information that the Barça president preferred to ensure the economic stability of Barcelona before renewing the contract of a Messi who had already agreed to reduce his salary by 50 percent, as he stated in the conference of his fired.
While fans continue to mourn Messi’s departure, Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman feels his departure differently. At the Saturday pre-game press conference, acknowledged the sadness of the fans but urged them not to “Live the past.”
“There has been a lot of talk about Leo Messi, and I think it’s normal,” said Koeman. “There are other players, there is a very strong squad in my opinion … I am convinced that people are going to enjoy this team.”
Koeman said he trusts Griezmann in particular given that “It is going to be more important because Leo’s position is a possibility for me for Antoine to occupy in that sense that gives the team and himself much more freedom, and I think this could be an advantage for him … player like others who must go one step further ”.
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