I know Bartomeu is obviously the main problem, but I sure am glad this fucker is out the door. Great player, horrible sporting director. He was never qualified for the job. And his French fetish was getting out of control. We'd never turn to Van De Beek if he was still here. I'd much rather see us having a Dutch fetish then.
The words of Joan Laporta, now back as Barcelona president, rang around the head of Abidal on that car journey in August last year. It had been Laporta who responded by saying ?we will see if they will let you work? when Abidal told him he had accepted an offer to be director of football from Bartomeu back in 2018 and that exchange proved to be prophetic.