"We are thinking about building the future of Barcelona together with the best player in history as Leo Messi . We must draw all the conclusions and our idea is this": Thus the Barcelona technical secretary, Ramon Planes, at the press conference. "We do not expect any contractual exit of Leo but we must have enormous respect for him." "We are working to build a winning team with young players but with a lot of respect for players who have won a lot. We cannot make this a dispute between Leo Messi and Barcelona because neither of us deserves it."
"Anyone who understands a little bit of football wants to enjoy Leo. It is an immense pleasure to see him and all we want is to win again - said Planes, who spoke to the media in place of the president, Josep Bartomeu, after signing the contract. and the presentation of the new blaugrana signing, Francisco Trincao -. These are difficult times but we have a plan to build a team with those players who can give us what we want. The coach has talked to many of them. "
"Obviously we are fighting with the aim of being better than last season. It is the job of the technical secretariat, it is our job - added the manager -. It is a thankless task because the results are not immediate but I am convinced that everyone the players on the way will give Barca a lot of future. "
Setien also writes to Barca, asking for notification of exemption - After the bombshell communication from Leo Messi, another burofax was delivered to the Barcelona headquarters, even if it was decidedly less irrepressible and threatening. According to Cadena Ser, it was sent to the management by former coach Quique Setien, who asked to receive official notification of his dismissal in order to start the procedures to find a new team. The Blaugrana club responded to Setien that he took the burofax for granted and that he will try to resolve this situation "in a timely and appropriate manner".