Ronald Koeman discusses match against Juventus and El Clasico
Barcelona manager got vocal about the El Clasico defeat and Barcelona’s Champions League match against Juventus in his pre-match press conference. About the game on Wednesday night, Koeman said,
Koeman also praised his team despite the El Clasico defeat.
Josep Maria Bartomeu resigns
Amid the ongoing vote of no confidence against him from the fans, Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned as the Barcelona president. The rest of the executive board have followed suit and a new president will be appointed after an election which will be held in 90 days.
In the interim, a temporary management board will oversee the club’s operations. Bartomeu had received a lot of stick for the club’s decisions and moves made in the transfer window and around 20,000 fans had signed a petition for him to be removed from the club president’s role.
Bartomeu reveals Barcelona have agreed to join Europe Super League
Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed that Barcelona had agreed to join the proposed Europe Super League. That’s the final bombshell dropped by Bartomeu before resigning as the club president.
The big European clubs have been rallying for more clout and control in the decision making and the UEFA have made concessions for them in the past. The Europe Super League is a move that will see a closed league that will be populated only by the elite clubs in Europe.
As such, it is not a decision that will win Bartomeu any new admirers and Javier Tebas, La Liga president, responded by calling him ‘ignorant’.
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