Bordas: “Messi's ways were ugly and wrong”

Javier Bordas, director of the sports area from 2010 to 2020, explain to Sports world after his resignation the keys to Bartomeu's mandate, who considers that “he has unfairly lynched“. Bordas acknowledges that little was heard in his time and talks about what was able to sign Mbappé from Monaco for 100 million, when offered Haaland They told him in the technical secretariat that he did not give the Barça profile, that Dani Olmo could arrive for 20 million, that Morata, Courtois and Neymar they were very close to being blaugrana and that his model of technical secretariat was formed by Monchi as a recruiter, Jordi Cruyff at the head of the quarry and Thierry Henry as a link with the dressing room.

But beyond these considerations, the former director don't bite your tongue to the talk about Messi and his escape attempt this summer, from relay of Valverde by Setién and of the political use that, in his opinion, the independence parties carry out with Barça.

On Messi states that “He is a winner and very Barça. By losing 2-8 and with the previous Champions he felt fed up and wanted to leave. The shapes were ugly and wrong, of course, but you can be wrong too Messi. Now I see him excited, but he needs a little more. “

Regarding the replacement of Valverde by Setién, he considers that it was a mistake, that he expressed it, but they did not listen to him: “For me it was a mistake to throw Valverde going first in LaLiga and after making a great game in the Super Cup. LaLiga had won and at Anfield we lost due to a bad second half, pBut it was more mental than football. Everything precipitated with the movement of Abidal and Òscar Grau going to Qatar to speak with Xavi. I, being one of the sports managers, did not know (…) Setién was a mistake for me. Those who went against Valverde said that after losing in Valencia they had seen a change and I told them they were crazy. I didn't see improvement. Then they put us eight and everything is a disaster. “He assures in the interview that “I don't want to charge against the players, but they must assume his responsibility, the one that is very good in 2015 is not the same in 2020. “

In spite of feel liberated after you resignedn (assures that he was in favor of resigning without having to reach the vote of no confidence) affirms that leaves with “bad feeling, it is not fair what they have done to Bartomeu, it's a shame and a lynching“In this sense, it does not spare criticism of the Generalitat and the pro-independence parties. “The one of the Generalitat is qualified only. It seems incredible that the Generalitat allowed us to vote on a Tuesday and two days later it would confine us to our municipalities. What bothers me the most is that there is a political motivation to use Barça. The independentistas are the most active on this issue. “