Tiktekno, summary of today's events in sports, 20.2/Sport1
While Real Madrid is busy fighting for titles and the huge deal of Kylian Mbappe, in Barcelona they are busy with politics, intrigue and conspiracies in the corridors of the club.
Ahead of the game against Napoli tonight (Wednesday, 22:00) Frankie de Jong has been harshly criticized by the sports media in Catalonia, but it turns out that he is not the only one trying to fight the journalists.
According to "AS" and "El Chiringito" reporter Xavi Miguel, in recent days Barcelona have been busy locating leaks from the dressing room, after events and intimate stories that took place in the team were published in the press.
According to the report, the club is investigating the issue in all seriousness: Xavi angrily called a number of journalists and demanded that they reveal the identity of the leaker, the club threatened those reporters with expulsion from future press conferences, and in addition, the coach conducted a surprise search of the players' bags and phones, and demanded that they present He has their WhatsApp correspondence to prove that they do not brief media persons.
Who is to blame for the leaks?
Depends on who you ask.
Xavi with Barcelona players/GettyImages, Eric Alonso
But while Xavi believes that the "mole" is on the squad, the players are convinced that the leaker is a member of the training staff, and in the last three team meetings they demanded that Xavi arrive alone, without any of his assistants - to prevent leaks.
"The players suspect that one of Xavi's assistants is passing sensitive information to journalists, which is creating a camp in the team," said Xavi Miguel, and claimed that "Barcelona has been living in the mind of paranoia in recent times."
According to the reporter, "It's not really new. During the Van Halen era, they went so far to find a 'mole' in the dressing room, that they installed hidden microphones in the locker rooms. I wouldn't be surprised if it comes to this situation this time as well."
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