On the victory against Milan: “It was the best game of the tour, we won well and solvent”
BARCELONA, 2 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, assured that he was disappointed with the will of his still player Ousmane Dembélé to want to leave, with an offer from Paris Saint-Germain -which will pay his termination clause- unbeatable for the blaugrana and that leaves the coach without a player for whom he bet heavily when it seemed in the past that the relationship between the winger and the club was broken.
“Ousmane’s thing is simple. He came and told me that he had an offer from Paris Saint-Germain and that he wanted to leave, that he had spoken with Luis Enrique and with the owners and that he has a proposal that we cannot match, with which we cannot compete”, Xavi explained at a press conference after the match against AC Milan in Las Vegas.
“I asked him why, the reason, he did not know how to tell me clearly but it is a personal matter, his. Disappointed? Yes, maybe so. But the important thing is that he has been clear, he has said that he wants to leave and that he has to a proposal and with which we cannot compete. Wish him luck”, he added.
Of course, the Blaugrana coach revealed that they had a plan prepared for this situation; the imminent departure of the extreme Frenchman. “We had a stage prepared for this possible loss of Ousmane, due to this clause. And now we have to reinforce ourselves, I already said it. Ousmane’s loss weakens us, yes”, he acknowledged.
On the other hand, he celebrated the good adaptation of Oriol Romeu, a Blaugrana youth player, after his return to the team eleven years later. “I was the person who insisted on him the most, because I know him well. I have analyzed him very well, he is a perfectionist and wants to improve and performs both in attack and defense. He wins a duel, communicates well, and I am delighted with Oriol Romeu, for me He is a great signing,” he said.
As for the match against Milan, with a 0-1 victory thanks to a great goal by Ansu Fati, he assured that it was the best duel of the tour of the United States, which ended with a defeat against Arsenal and with victories against Real Madrid and Milan . And without being able to play, due to the gastric virus that affected them as soon as they arrived, against Juventus.
“The tour has been very positive, it started in a rough way due to the gastric virus but in general we have been very good. The people have treated us very well and we have gone from less to more. We did not play a very good game against Arsenal, the from Madrid was quite good and today’s was the best”, he celebrated.
“The team has felt comfortable, we have played very well, we have understood how to attack and we have defended very well. We have seen a great Barça, and if I said that the result was misleading against Madrid, today we have won well and in a solvent manner “concluded the Blaugrana coach.