Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman sentenced that “you have to be concerned” regarding the continuity of Leo messi before the start of the Koeman Cup, the solidarity golf tournament that he sponsors at the Barcelona Golf Club in Sant Esteve Sesrovires.
“When everything is not well you have to be concerned, but I have confidence in the president (Joan Laporta) to solve this issue. It is important for the club and for the League that the best player in the world remains, “the Dutch coach told the media.
“Laporta has told me to be calm, that they are working on the issue”
In this sense, Koeman was very confident with the work that Laporta is doing to ensure the continuity of the Argentine player: “Each one defends his task, but Laporta has told me to be calm, that they are working on the issue. We are confident that It will be a few more years. ”
On Monday, Barcelona will start the preseason, although without the players who have played in the Eurocup and the Copa América and those who will participate in the Olympic Games, and the squad is far from closed, both in the registration section and especially in the of casualties.
“It is important to know what players you are going to have. We know there is a limit, we are in preseason and work is being done on it,” Koeman explained.
At the gala dinner prior to the start of the event that was held on Thursday night, Joan Laporta and Ronald Koeman, who showed good harmony in their first public appearance after ensuring the continuity of the coach, had shown themselves confident in being able to close the renewal of Leo Messi with the Barça club.
The leader ruled that “everything is going well” before the media and the coach said he was “very calm” regarding this issue despite the fact that LaLiga president Javier Tebas has made it clear that he will not make any exception with Barcelona. the time to meet the salary limit to be able to register Messi.
The first edition of the Koeman Cup will be held today Friday and tomorrow Saturday and will be attended by personalities from around Barcelona such as Pep Guardiola, Riqui Puig, Bernd Schuster and Rafa Yuste, the sports vice president. The proceeds will go to the Sant Joan De Déu Maternal and Child Hospital in Barcelona.
He does not get wet by Griezmann
“It is clear that the priority is that Messi stays”
The technician explained that it will be seen “who stays and who leaves” when asked about the continuity of Antoine Griezmann. “I’m going to have all the players we have. If there is any change, it will have to be accepted, but they are decisions that the club must make. It is clear that the priority is for Messi to stay, “said the Dutch coach, taking into account that it is necessary to lower the wage bill to be able to register the Argentine player.
But Koeman also made it clear that for him “Griezmann is very important, he has performed very well and is a very good player. ”
On the other hand, the Barcelona coach referred to the participation of Pedro González ‘Pedri’ in the Tokyo Olympic Games after playing the Eurocopto. “For a player it is too much to do two competitions at the highest level in summer. He has been in a season in which he has played almost everything and has also played every minute in the Eurocup. ”
Thus, Koeman considers that “having four days of holidays and traveling to Japan to play is not good, it is too much.”
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