Laporta reveals details of his conversations with Koeman: "I don't like the way we play"

The FC Barcelona has lived important changes from the arrival of Xavi Hernández to the technical direction. Although the team at present is not living his best season and the egarense could not avoid the early elimination in the Champions, the implantation of his game and the incorporation of new effective to the staff in the wintry market have surrendered his fruits.

Recently, the president of the Catalan entity, Joan Laporta, has offered statements for 'Sportive World' in which it has detailed part of the decisions that had to take from his return, especially regarding the conversations with the ancient trainer, Ronald Koeman, eventualmente destituido to give step to the current technician culé.

The decision to keep to Koeman in the bench

To the term of the course 2020-21, Laporta had evaluated the dismissal of the Dutch. Nevertheless, the obtaining of a title finished for doing him change of opinion. Besides, the finances hampered to make the movement: "When finish the season say: 'Come, we do the change of trainer already'. But we had won the Glass, that was spectacular, that enjoy it and celebrate a lot, and had a very delicate situation".

However, in the moment did not communicate him to Koeman which would be his decision: "we Speak with the trainer and I said him very clearly what asked me and I said him that no. I said him: 'you do not do me answer you because have doubts, have won the Glass but does not like me as we play. It has changed the system. I can understand that it changes because it does not have to the suitable players to the system that want to play, but have doubts. Leave me reflexionar 15 days and afterwards go you to answer'".

Another of the reasons by which decided that the Dutch followed at the head of the bench was due to his contractual situation: "Had agreement in force and was not the most timely in this moment change of trainer and gave him an opportunity. This opportunity was not, by circumstances, because it also had lesionado, a very eroded staff regarding the mentality, to the motivation. When having so many lesionados gave him a second opportunity".

The decision to bring to Xavi

Nevertheless, the results obtained finished twisting the things: "But in a moment determined already saw that it went by the bad way, that did not go well. And as we kept permanent conversations with Xavi from the elections and had gone speaking, I said him that the time went it to go marking. Then I asked him if it was smart to come and if it could immediately because it was in Catar and had agreement in force. It said that yes, afterwards they were Mateu and Yuste, fixed the subject and came Xavi".

Of equal form, ensures that it does not feel arrepentido by the occurred: "Arrepentido am not of at all of what have done, because I have done it everything in interest of the club. I have said it many times. To me this theory of the arrepentimiento… I only me arrepiento of what have done badly to consciousness. And as I have not done the things badly to consciousness no me arrepiento of at all. I try to do the things well, in interest of the Barça. That sometimes tarpaulin? Yes. That sometimes make a mistake? Also. This is the life".

For Laporta, have fichado to Xavi before the start of the season in course neither would have been a guarantee of success: "If we take this decision before, at the end of the previous season or in September before that in October, had changed something? As I do not know it, I do not know it… The analysis is more complex because it also has happened the window of winter, have been able to incorporate players that are marking differences, before did not have them… Everything is a process. Probably if I do it before it had gone better, as yes, the same yes. But neither it is safe".