THE MIDFIELDER CONFESSES
The new poisoned 'dart' from Riqui Puig to Xavi Hernández
Riqui Puig did not have the best possible experience while working under Xavi Hernández at FC Barcelona. Now, from Los Angeles, the player formed in La Masia has returned to 'charge' against the Egarense coach
It is not a secret for anybody that Riqui Puig went out by the rear door of the FC Barcelona and that lived, especially, a very complicated stage since Xavi Hernández did with the reins of the bench in November of 2021. It was thus, precisely, that the player formed in The Masia finish changing of airs during the summer happened with destination to Los Angeles, where has gone back to feel footballer.
The true is that the midfield player has gone back to speak especially what lived in the City Condal under the orders of the egarense and the memories are quite negative. In some recent statements to the newspaper 'ACE', confessed that his relation with Xavi was not pleasant and that did not exist a good deal before it left to Los Angeles Galaxy. It confessed that, even, it did not allow him train with regularity.
The confession of Riqui Puig
On his relation with the trainer culé, aimed that he wanted to him was whereas Joan Laporta said him that it was an important player of face to the future. In concrete, stood out that "it was he directly before finish the season. We seat us and it was he the one who said me that it did not explain with me. Maybe the president thought different because he said that I was a player of future and that wanted that it remained me, but neither went me to remain in a club where the trainer did not want to me".
The footballer of 23 years insistio in that "it is truth that there was not a good deal when I was to train in the sense that it did not leave me train the first weeks, when yes it is truth that if I am player of a team with agreement have to exert and can not me forbid train. This is what bothered me more. Then, quickly I took a decision and changed and found an exit".
Puig surprised with Xavi
As it has confessed, Riqui Puig remained surprised by the attitude that had his paisano in his against. It stood out that "Xavi called twice to my parents so that it was to Qatar, also to do a thing with another club. There was good relation with my parents. They are of Terrassa and ones of his friends are intimate with us. What more hurts me like player and as fellow that thought me that we were with the family of Xavi", regretting that "I could not triumph with him and this happens like player but yes that it is truth that, to the not being able to train the first week of pre-season, bothered me a lot and already is".
