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Barcelona will make an overhaul of its squad. Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu named seven players who would not be on the selling list. Anyone?
The failures in the Spanish League and Champions League sparked big changes to the Barcelona squad. Quique Setien and Sports Director Eric Abidal have been fired from their positions.
Next, Barcelona is reportedly going to rejuvenate their squad. The majority of players will be on the sell list this summer.
Only seven names according to Bartomeu were untouched. One of them is Lionel Messi. The Argentine star has confirmed that he will be the foundation for the Ronald Koeman project – the man who is said to be the new Barcelona coach.
Apart from Messi, there are six more names that will not be on the sale list.
“Who is not for sale? Leo Messi,” Bartomeu told TV boat. “He knows that. He is the best player in the world.”
“We also talked about (Marc-Andre) ter Stegen, (Nelson) Semedo, (Frenkie) de Jong, (Clement) Lenglet, (Ousmane) Dembele, (Antoine) Griezmann,” he continued.
It should be noted that Bartomeu did not include a number of veteran players such as Gerard Pique, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic, and Jordi Alba. Bartomeu admitted that the time had come for Barcelona to part with some of them.
“We’re talking about a generation of players who have won everything,” said Bartomeu as reported ESPN.
“I congratulate them on that, but now is the time to say goodbye to some of them in honor.”
“We will talk to them with respect. They have become legends so they have to go in the right way, but there must be talks first,” he said.
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