The confessions of Abidal on the signings of Griezmann and Neymar

The ways of the FC Barcelona and of Eric Abidal separated around the middle of the past year, when both parts arrived to an agreement to finalise the agreement that the French had like technical secretary of the club. Recently, the French conceded an interview to the English newspaper "The Telegraph", in which it revealed some interesting anecdotes on his go through the Barcelona dispatches, calling the attention the one who explained on the signing of Griezmann and the impossibility to bring of turn to Neymar during the summer delo 2019.

Apropos this same subject, the exjugador and exdirectivo of the FC Barcelona explained to the half British the following: "Ten days before the end of the period of signings, went to Paris to speak with Leonardo (sportive director of the PSG). If we did not have fichado to Griezmann before, think that to 100% could have gone back to fichar to Neymar. We needed an attacker and when Neymar was in Barcelona was incredible. It does not treat of which player is better, was what thought that it was the position that needed in this moment. The team needed a true extreme. The president decided fichar to Griezmann". Incidentally, Abidal remembered that the legal dispute that Neymar carried out against of the Barcelona was another obstacle so that the Brazilian star landed again in the group culé.

The also exjugador of the Olympique of Lyon revealed some things on his the sucedido with Lionel Messi, subject was object of controversy during some time, On this, Abidal explained: "In my opinion, the team needed to train harder. In my time with Guardiola, was 'want the best? Ok, have to train like the best. You will win it everything, only if you do the work during the week. Only I said this, never that the players wanted to undo of the trainer. Messi spoke personally with me. Had a strong conversation, but can accept it. There is not problem because it is necessary to be transparent. It was very comfortable because it was the only player that spoke me like this, the only. I respect this. Also I understand that Messi is the captain and wanted to defend to the staff, but never said that Messi had said me that it threw to the trainer. Never".

On the same line, the exjugador also cleared that "it does not have at all that fix with Messi" and gave the muddy situation that both starred by finished. "We have exchanged a lot of messages and he knows what think. It did not want to convert a small situation in a global situation and put in problems to all the club", commented Abidal to the English newspaper.

Abidal Touched the subject of the trainers

During the management of Eric Abidal in the Barcelona, the team was directed by Ernesto Valverde, being this object of some of the statements of the ex left side Barcelona to The Telegraph. "In December of 2018, after a complete analysis of the technician, the staff and the team, recommended him that we changed to Ernesto Valverde, said him to the president 'think that this is the decision that it is necessary to take now'. And it said me 'no, it is not easy'. It took the decision to renew the agreement of the trainer two months afterwards, the contrary of what I had suggested. Of course, I accepted the decision and followed giving to the trainer all my support, but went a bit odd for me".

Incidentally, Abidal commented that Mauritius Pochettino, current trainer of the Paris Saint-Germain, went the first option that proposed, if it produced the course of Valverde in this moment. "If I spoke with him? Yes and no only I. I said him to the managerial 'Have to bring the best trainer that can in the market. I am not here by politics because he was before in the Espanyol '. It wanted the best and he is one of the best in our game. Pochettino Arrived to the final of the Champions League with the Tottenham, this it is necessary to respect it, has a good philosophy of game, of training, the players adore it and think that now would be a better trainer for this situation, but with a real project", commented the ex technical secretary.