Barcelona insisted they had no longer heard from Lionel Messi that he desires to depart the club, as an emergency board assembly used to be being held’ at Camp Nou on Monday.
Barca officials, together with under-fire
President Josep Maria Bartomeu had been due to talk about wholesale
adjustments following the team's humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarter-final
defeat with the aid of Bayern Munich on Friday.
A document from Esporte Integrative on
Sunday even claimed Messi has made up his thought to go away this summer,
though a Barcelona supply informed AFP rapidly earlier than the board assembly was
once due to begin that there had nonetheless been no conversation with the
membership to that effect.
Messi's frustration will be amongst the
troubles to be mentioned’ alongside with the future of train Quique Setien, who
is predicted to be sacked.
Ronald Koeman had emerged as the favorite
on Monday to substitute Setien given worries round the suitability of Mauricio
Pochettino, who has formerly stated he would by no means instruct Barcelona due
to his hyperlinks to opponents Espanyol.
Another choice is Barca B train Garcia
Pimienta, who may want to oversee a increased emphasis on formative years
earlier than a longer-term appointment is made’ after the presidential
elections subsequent year.
Former Barca midfielder Xavi Hernandez
would be the favored alternative of Messi and different senior gamers however
Xavi has currently signed a new deal with Qatari membership Al-Sadd and is in
opposition to working underneath the contemporary board.
Another feasible effect of Monday's
assembly is that the club's presidential elections, due in June 2021, are
introduced forward, though it is extra possibly they would be superior to
previously subsequent yr than the subsequent few months.
Sporting director Eric Abidal will
additionally have his future mentioned and may want to be moved on.
Defender Gerard Pique known as for
sweeping adjustments after describing the heavy loss to Bayern, Barca's worst
ever in Europe, as their "rock bottom".
But Bartomeu requested for patience.
"We are hurting, however as soon as we get to subsequent week we will
begin making decisions," he informed TV channel Movistar.
"The credibility of a, teach” is
diminished when this happens, clearly. That is obvious, however, that does no
longer hassle me proper now.
"I suppose what takes place these
days wishes to be analyzed with a bit extra perspective," he added.
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