Koeman: "With Laporta we have agreed in every way"

Ronald Koeman, this Monday at the Ciudad Deportiva del Barcelona.ALBERT GEA / Reuters

Barcelona went to the national team break after two wins and a draw.

So, it seemed that the results brought a bit of peace at the Camp Nou.

But no.

The president, Joan Laporta, and the coach of the first team, Ronald Koeman, sent messages through the press.

“The relationship is good.

If there are things, we talk about them.

We both want the best for the club.

Barça is the most important thing.

He frequently comes to the sports city.

It's a perfect relationship for me.

We have had some little things and we have talked about them.

We have agreed in every way, "said Koeman.

The Dutch coach tried to reduce tension with the president after he claimed in an interview on his country's television that Laporta "talks too much."

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The Barça coach was irritated that a conversation he had had with Laporta became known. The idea of ​​the club, in principle, would be to try to renew Koeman as long as the Dutchman respects the 4-3-3 and gives Umtiti and Riqui Puig opportunities, today outside of the coach's priorities when thinking about the eleven. “Last week he suggested that the coach didn't have all the power. It was not wise. Those things are done in private. I like that the president is committed, but the questions are asked of me, not in the press. That was the problem ”, stated Koeman in his conversation with the NOS medium, from the Netherlands. Laporta, in any case, had tried to lower the tension: "Koeman has my full support," stressed the president on TV3.

Sergio Busquets, captain of the first team, avoided positioning himself. Nothing unusual in the pivot of Badia, enemy of high-sounding statements. “It is an issue that they have to discuss among themselves. Each one is the owner of his words. We all want the good of the club and so do they. If they have a problem we will have to talk about it, but I don't think that's the case, "said the Barça 5, who also assured that the dressing room does not doubt the coach. "We have confidence in the coach and the

. We are all in the same boat. We come from a situation of many changes, but we are all rowing in the same direction, ”concluded Busquets. And Koeman, for now, just wants to focus on the ball. “I don't want to talk about my contract. When it touches, we will. Being a Barcelona coach means winning games. My future is not important, the important thing is the future of the team and the club, ”said the Barça coach. But, incidentally, he took the opportunity to clarify why he had said that "thanks to him the club has a future." "I said that because I am a coach who gives opportunities to young people," remarked the Dutchman, who since arriving at the Camp Nou has made their debut to five players: Konrad, Ilaix Moriba (today at RB Leipzig), Mingueza, Nico and Gavi.

“Ronald has had a great impact on the squad. We have been in difficult situations in recent years, with many changes in all levels of the club. He knows what he wants and is working, "said Busquets, in the preview of Barcelona's debut in the Champions League against Bayern Munich. "Bayern dominate all facets of the game and we hope to be at our level," added the Barça captain. “We know that Bayern is a great team, with individual quality and experienced people. We want to compete in the Champions League and we play at home ”, added Koeman.

Barcelona will meet Bayern again after the tough 2-8 in the 2019-2020 Champions quarter-finals in Lisbon. “It has been more than a year and several players suffered a lot in this match. We have a unique opportunity. We can hurt Bayern and we have a good team. We have to look for our style to hurt the opposite, "analyzed Koeman. And Sergio Busquets finished off: “They have a new coach and he will try to play in his own way. He has kept the entire block, except for some who have stayed on the road like Thiago. What happened was difficult to accept, but the world of football is like that. Time has passed and we are psyched that it will be different ”.

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