Once again, the Spanish defender Junior Firpo, the former Barcelona team back, commented on what he encountered in the Catalan club, before his departure from the club, and criticized the former coach of the Catalan team, Ronald Koeman, and talked about the sacred cows of Barca, “among them Jordi Alba.”
Firpo moved to Barcelona from Real Betis in 2019, and has a contract until 2024, but he did not play many matches under the leadership of Dutch coach Koeman, who agreed to his departure last year, to go to Leeds United, before he was sacked during the season. The current player, Xavi Hernandez, will take over the task.
The 25-year-old made press statements published by the Spanish daily Sport, saying: “In Barcelona, like the rest of the teams, the old players are a reference for the team, they rule, and in the dressing room they have a lot of weight and weight for something, it is a prevalent thing of course, and they get the respect they deserve. “.
And the modern full-back continued, “Was Alba’s stay a key reason for your departure? I think so, he was one of the best backs in the world, yes I left Barcelona because I didn’t even get the chance in the matches where he had to rest.”
Junior continued, “Well, Ronald Koeman had a problem with me, he lied to me, promised me to play a lot and did not do that, the Barcelona shirt is very heavy, but I may go to Barcelona thousands of times.”
Firpo appeared with Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa’s team in the English Premier League this season, on 14 occasions, most of them in his team’s starting lineup.
And earlier, Firpo gave an interview to Radio “Cadena Ser”, in which he strongly criticized the former Barcelona coach Koeman, who agreed to leave the player during the past year.