Riqui Puig has gone out to the step in the last hours with some controversial statements in which 'rajó' against Xavi Hernández and the FC Barcelona by his deafening exit in the summer of 2022. The midfield player did not have place inside the first team and had to go out course to the Major League Soccer after 14 years inside the institution.

Although it found I accommodate in another continent, the true is that the spine to go out of the club has not remained backwards and remembered it in front of the media. "No it had me in consideration and more when I carry in the club from a lot of years. Xavi commented me that it did not have place in the team and that did not go to play. I presented me, to the míster did not seem him well and said that it had to do him case of not going to train because if me lesionaba could not go out of the club. This was what more bothered me because I had the right to put me to tone to be well in the pre-season", sentenced the canterano culé.

In the Barça 'will happen' of his words

However, an information of Javi Miguel —daily 'ACE' and 'Culemania'— ensures that in the breast of the group blaugrana will do case omiso to the words of the midfield player. In fact, inside the changing room neither will do any explanation because they do not want to create non-existent controversies with an exjugador of the first team.

So much the technical body like the players of the staff consider that in the Barça "did the best for all" and his case tackled of the best possible way. Riqui Puig never had the necessary opportunities because of the big quality that had the plantel, with names like Pedri González, Frenkie of Jong, Sergio Busquets, Antoine Griezmann and Leo Messi.

Added to this, the irruption of Gavi also reduced his minutes and the best for all the parts was to agree an exit to a team that allowed him have minutes of quality to an age in which it needs to be leading. Nowadays his return to Barcelona would be more than descartado and everything aims to that his career will continue in the MLS, like minimum, to the end of his agreement.