Pep Segura Will Follow Jordi Mestre to Leave Barcelona

DBasia.news –  Pep Segura, General Manager of Barcelona, reported by Sport-English will follow Jordi Mestre to leave Barcelona. This indicates an internal problem in the Barca camp.

“According to the source, Sport, the General Manager role has been offered to Eric Abidal (Director of Sports). This time it has been confirmed: Pep Segura will leave Barca.” stated the article from Sport-English.

“There are several reasons why this decision was made, but the most significant one seems to be the appointment of Patrick Kluivert as the new Director of La Masia.”

Later, when Barcelona gave an official announcement about the withdrawal of Segura from the post of General Manager of Barca, so he would not be accompanied by the President of Barca, Josep Maria Bartomeu, because at this time he was in Japan and accompanied Barca on an Asian preseason tour.

The withdrawal of Segura was only a few days after Jodi Mestre’s departure, which was the former Vice President of Barcelona. Both are friends who support each other, but different opinions about the La Masia academy products.

Mestre always saw the importance of Barca maintaining its tradition in the development of La Masia alumni players in the first team. He did not hesitate to criticize Segura when the club recruited players from other clubs at high prices – especially if not all succeeded.

The case can be seen from Philippe Coutinho, Arda Turan, Aleix Vidal, and Ousmane Dembele. They name a few Barca recruits who did not fully succeed at playing at Camp Nou.

Now, without Mestre giving his support, Segura will also resign from his position in Barcelona. Antoine Griezmann, who was recruited from Atletico Madrid for 120 million euros, will be his last recruit at Barcelona.