Barcelona has done Eric Abidal's departure from the technical secretariat made official twenty hours after being ratified with the order to carry out a profound remodeling of the staff. The club has reported that it is a mutual agreement between the parties to terminate the contract that bound them until 2021. The Frenchman was one of those responsible for the dismissal of Ernesto Valverde and the hiring of Quique Setién. This was communicated by the club:
“FC Barcelona and Éric Abidal have reached an agreement for the termination of the contract that united both parts.
The Club publicly expresses its gratitude to Éric Abidal for the pprofessionalism, commitment, dedication and a positive and close treatment who has always shown to all the estates that make up the Barça family, and wishes him luck and success in the future“.