The general manager confirms the player’s departure but will not give explanations until the end of the season
BARCELONA, 16 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The general manager of Barça basketball, Juan Carlos Navarro, was “surprised” by the statements of the Blaugrana player Nikola Mirotic this Thursday in which he confirmed that he would not continue next year due to the club’s decision and that they did not question him to lower himself the salary or find another solution, although he confirmed that the ‘4’ will leave and that explanations will be given after the Endesa League final.
“Well, first of all, surprised by Nikola’s statements, when we had no idea that he was going to do it,” Navarro said in statements to the club’s media hours after the bomb exploded.
After information from TV3 in which it was assumed that his contract was going to be terminated, the Blaugrana club clarified that nothing had been agreed or done and, hours later, it was Mirotic himself who gave an interview to Mundo Deportivo where he confirmed his departure and was upset by the situation.
“After the final we will explain everything, the whole situation, how everything has gone, all the ‘timings’. Because, as is already known, it is a decision that we have made and that he has already known for a long time. But we will talk when everything is over “Navarro said.
In addition, he recalled that this Friday the Endesa League final against Real Madrid opens at the Palau Blaugrana, and he hopes that Mirotic will continue contributing in search of the title. “We are in a great final where we have worked a lot, where he has also had a good Playoff and we hope that he will be together with the whole team to try to help us in this final,” he said.