Barcelona board to hold talks with Eric Abidal after comment on players

Barcelona ‘s President Josep Bartomeu has called for a meeting with Ex-Barcelona player Eric Abidal who is currently the sporting director of the club to discuss about his comments on the team and Lionel Messi’s disagreement.

Eric Abidal had made a comment on the work ethic of the players following the sacking of former Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde.

Abidal told the Spanish press that

“a lot of players were not happy and did not work much and there was also a problem with internal communication, the relationship between the coach and dressing room was always good, but there are things that as an ex-player I can sense. I told the club what I thought and we had to make a decision.”

Club captain Lionel Messi was not pleased with Abidal’s comments and he felt like the player should have mentioned the names of players who he thinks wasn’t working well enough under Ernesto Valverde, and not generalise it on the whole team.

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Messi took to the social media to express his disagreement with Abidal’s comment, “I honestly do not like to do this kind of thing but I think that everyone has to be responsible for their job and take responsibility for their decisions,” said Messi on Instagram.
“Players for what happens on the field, we are also the first to acknowledge when we don’t play well. “Those in charge of sporting direction should also face up to their responsibilities and above all take charge of their own decisions.
“Lastly, I think that when you talk about players, you should give names because otherwise you are tainting everyone’s name and feeding rumours that spread and are not true”.