Laporta dispensed with Koeman to give Xavi the baton at Barcelona. The Dutch coach has reviewed the painful moment of dismissal and denounces that the forms were not due to him. “How did Laporta fire me? On the plane. One thing that hurt me was that the players were sitting behind us, while I had to go sit next to them. He is always saying it, that I am a legend of the club… Prove it then!”, has explained to Ronald Koeman in the program High trees.
Koeman has been complaining about the lack of tact that the president of Barcelona has had with him. He did it a few days ago in another interview on the program General Newspaper. “I immediately understood that I was not Laporta’s coach. He didn’t choose me. They didn’t give me the same time that they are giving Xavi. Then he told me a thousand times that he would never choose him because he lacked experience. However, I am Happy that the team is better now, I also see De Jong more involved in the game.”
After some tense negotiations, Barcelona agreed to pay Koeman’s settlement, which is estimated at 10 million. Koeman had to see how Messi left Barcelona and it survived with a template of circumstances, where it gave way to several young people. Now, in the January market, he has seen how he made a surprising effort to sign players like Aubameyang or Ferran Torres.