Riqui Puig's 'dart' towards the management of Xavi Hernández

Published:12/11/2023 - 22:56h

Updated:12/11/2023 - 23:16h

Riqui Puig has once again starred in a scandal on social networks with his 'poisoned darts' towards Xavi's FC Barcelona. The one from Matadepera 'liked' a very controversial tweet about the Terrassa coach's lack of confidence in the club's youth players

The rotations in the staff of Xavi Hernández are a constant. The trainer looks for the best possible alignment, what results in new combinations of players in each day. In the clash against the Alavés, Hernández opted by an eleven compound by Ter Stegen, Araujo, Koundé, Iñigo Martínez, Cancel, Gündogan, Fermín, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski and Joao Félix. The presence limited of canteranos has generated critical, especially by part of Riqui Puig, exjugador blaugrana.

The canterano culé, the one who left the team in August of 2022 to join to Los Angeles Galaxy, expressed his dissatisfaction when giving him 'likes me' to a publication that suggested that Xavi was forming an eleven headline without any canterano, signalling that the Barça was going back unrecognizable. Although afterwards it deleted this action, a lot of users already had taken a capture of screen of the message.

Riqui Follows showing his unrest with Xavi

This episode adds to the numerous 'darts' that the one of Matadepera has launched to the míster from his game to United States. For example, in statements to 'Ace' in summer, affirmed that "it treated him badly and forbade him train", revealing a taut relation between both. The bad tuning between technician and player and the fault of minutes were some of the main reasons of his exit of the Catalan club.

However, the one of Terrassa was not the only trainer with which Puig had problems. In spite of his three seasons in the first Barcelona team, the Catalan midfield player, of 22 years, did not attain to consolidate neither with Hernández neither with the previous trainers. In spite of being one of the promises of the quarry the mediocentro did not finish to shine and any 'coach' knew to explode his potential.

And it is that besides, the current technical culé has showed to be one of the trainers that more supports to the quarry, giving opportunities to innumerable youngsters like Gavi, Yamal or Fermín, those who now have a significant weight in the staff, or others like Guiu, Garrido, Casadó... The situation of Riqui seems to reflect more a personal conflict that the reality that lives in the City Condal.