Setién, to Messi: “If you don't like what I say, there you have the door”

“If you don't like what I say, there you have the door.” The journalist Adrià Albets revealed part of the content of SER Catalunya's Què T'hi Jugues the row that Quique Setién, former Barcelona coach, had with his players last June in the Balaídos dressing room. The coach reproached them for the mistakes that had condemned Barça to draw (2-2) with a late goal from a foul by Iago Aspas. Messi did not like the tone with which he addressed his teammates and asked the Cantabrian coach respect for players who have won absolutely everything and that they have a much broader track record than Setién, as a coach and as a coach. It was then that Setién said to Messi: “If you don't like what I say, there you have the door“. As SER Catalunya explained, Messi smiled in a “compassionate” way at the coach's warning.

The anecdote comes to light one day after Setién slipped several criticisms about the Argentine's behavior in the dressing room: “Leo is difficult to manage. Who am I to change him! If you have been accepted as you are for years and have not changed … There is another facet that is not the player and is more complicated to manage. Much more. Something inherent in many athletes. You see things you don't expect (…). He is very reserved but he makes you see the things he wants. He doesn't talk much. Yeah look look… After leaving what I am clear about is that at certain times I had to have made other decisions, but there is something that is above you: the club. And it is above the president, the player, the coach. It's the club and the fans. “