Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, reportedly held a meeting with Eric Abidal to discuss the future of the club’s sporting director.
Abidal’s fate as an official of the Catalonian club was threatened after his dispute with the superstar and Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, as quoted from the skysports page, Wednesday.
Abidal, who had been Messi’s former teammate for six years, indicated that the players on the team are currently unhappy and did not work hard enough under former coach, Ernesto Valverde.
“Many players are not happy and didn’t do much work and there are also problems with internal communication,” Abidal told the Spanish newspaper Sport.
“The relationship between the coach and the locker room is always good, but there are things that I can feel as a former player. I told the club what I was thinking and we had to make a decision.”
“Mentioning names”
On Wednesday, the Argentine national team player responded to Abidal’s comments and asked him to “name” the players who was considered by the French director to have not worked hard.
“I honestly don’t like to do this kind of thing, but I think everyone should be responsible for their work and responsible for their decisions,” Messi said on his Instagram account.
“The players (responsible) for what happens on the field and we are the first to admit when we have not been great.”
“The head of the sports department also bears his responsibilities and above all the decisions they make.”
“Finally I think when you talk about a player, you have to say his name, otherwise it will ruin everyone’s name and cause false rumors.”