Barcelona does not want to pay the settlement to Setién and has prepared a fundamental legal strategy in making the Cantabrian coach see as incapable. The Stringer of Cadena SER has had access to the content of the dismissal letter that Barcelona sent to Quique Setién on September 15, where a series of reasons are argued that they will use it in the trial to explain that the Cantabrian coach did not he is qualified to train the team and therefore not pay the settlement.
Barça accuses Setién of not having fulfilled the promises he made upon arrival, especially regarding the game, style and the use of the quarry, reasons for which they do not consider him qualified. As Manu Carreño advanced, “your lack of leadership in the team is public and notorious, generating your continuous critical attitude as the second coach seemed to direct the games and training sessions and not you.” Barça insists on the document sent to the coach.
The Barça team also reminds Setién that he took the leading team and did not win the league, that they fell in the quarterfinals of the Cup after having played eight of the last ten finals and that in the Champions League he fell in the quarterfinals with the biggest defeat in the club's European history. He emphasizes on more than one occasion the loss of confidence of the staff, which showed their permanent disagreement in public and complained about their lack of authority.