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Seiten is not bothered by the press attention

Barcelona manager Quique Seiten is facing many questions from the press with many speculations regarding the club have arisen and even his position at the club is standing doubtful. On Thursday, a Spanish outlet has reported that Messi will be leaving the club as soon as his contract comes to an end and another criticism he is been facing regards his treatment towards the French footballer Antonio Griezmann.

Barca on their recent match against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday ended it with a tie for 2–2. In the match, Griezmann was pulled on to the pitch only before when there were few minutes left out on the pitch even though he was instructed for a warm-upin the second half.
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Lionel Messi Should Be Helping Antoine Griezmann, Says Rivaldo

Former Barcelona player Rivaldo has said that Messi should help Antoine Griezmann on scoring goals as he too wouldn’t be suffering the same fate as Philippe Coutinho. Griezmann was transferred from Atletico Madrid in 2018 after a lot of speculations as the same as Coutinho who was transferred from Liverpool with much of expectations.

Later the Brazilian was senton loan to Bayern Munich, as he didn’t rise up to the expectations of the club. Even though he had a prolific career at Liverpool, he failed to perform the same at Barca. He will be ready for transfer when the summer transfer window opens this season. Griezmann is also going through the same phase as the Brazilian. He has made 39 appearances for the club scoring 14 goals.
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Quique Seiten expresses interest in coaching Neymar

Barcelona manager Quique Seiten has shown interest in coaching Neymar on someday in the future. He has been constantly linked with a move to Barcelona. Neymar was transferred to PSG in 2017 for a record fee of €222 million. After the transfer, there were many speculations that he will be going back to Barca. Last season, the move was going to be finalized but due to some reason, it collapsed.

Barcelona head coach wants to bring back the Brazilian footballer to the team. Even though the clubs are going through the financial crisis, he wants to bring the striker back to Camp Nou.
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Radaelli speaks about the progress of Lautaro Martinez

According to Fabio Radaelli, the former coach of Racing, Lautaro Martinez has achieved most of the goals that a footballer would want to. In the fifteen years of his career as a footballer, he has transformed to be one of the best and if he moves to Barcelona and playing along with Messi and Suarez will improve his style more.

It was Radaelli who picked up Lautaro from the Bahia Blanca in January 2014. He was then an unrefined diamond who has now become a star among the football world. In his initial days, he was homesick but later developed his game and was even compared to many legends in the Argentinian side.
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Setien doubts resumption of the season

Quique Setien is unsure of Spanish Football Federation’s decision on resuming La Liga by the end of May. With the fear of Covid 19 still in the air, he assumes it is not a good decision. Football activity in Spain was suspended from March in order to contain the spread and Spain is one of the worst affected countries by the virus with 19000 deaths. The state has decided to loosen up the lockdown rules and La Liga president Javier Tebas announced that they can restart the league soon.

As per the reports, it is clear that precautionary measures will be taken. The players and staff will be quarantined in the hotel and frequent check-ups will be done before the matches.
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Emmanuel Petit believes Philippe Coutinho regrets leaving Liverpool

Former Premier League star Emmanuel Petit believes Philippe Coutinho has started to regret the decision to leave Liverpool for Barcelona in January 2018. The Brazil international become a household figure for the Merseyside outfit during a five-and-a-half year spell but he could not resist the prospect of joining the Blaugrana.

However, the move did not go as planned for the 27-year-old and he is currently at Bayern Munich on a season-long loan. Speaking to The Mirror, Petit said that Coutinho will have regrets over the transfer decision and compared it with himself when he made the ambitious move to the Camp Nou from Arsenal, which failed to work out.
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Griezmann says he is still learning to play alongside Lionel Messi

French forward Antoine Griezmann has said that he is still learning to play alongside Lionel Messi. The experienced marksman ended a five-match goalless run by finding the opener in the 2-1 win over Getafe at the Camp Nou. Messi was responsible for a quality assist for Griezmann’s goal and following the game, the forward acknowledged that he has yet to adapt to the style of play of the Blaugrana skipper.

He told: “We knew how hard Getafe would be to play against. They put a lot of pressure on and pressed high. They are third for a reason but we kept cool, tried to play the ball well from the back. It was tough but we suffered and won. I’ve been here six months, we still have to learn. I have to learn [Messi’s] movements and he has to learn mine. We’re enjoying the work we put in together and it’s getting better and better all the time. I’m very happy and really enjoying myself here.”
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Lionel Messi feels the La Liga has become more competitive

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has said that the Spanish La Liga has become more competitive and the Blaugrana no longer have an easy route to winning the league title. The Catalan giants have won the top-flight crown in four of the past five seasons but they are regarded as the favourites to lift the trophy again.

Speaking to Marca, Messi said that the Spanish top-flight has become more even over the past few years and it is increasingly difficult to register maximum points on the road, he told: “Everything is becoming more and more even. They have been for several years and we notice that there is more equality, that any team beats any other team, which is increasingly difficult to play as an away team. The teams have become stronger at home because they know that in order to achieve their goals they must do it well at home. This makes everything more equal and more complicated.”
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Lionel Messi to Stay at Barcelona, Claims President

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has once again dismissed suggestions that Lionel Messi is on the verge of an exit from the club. The superstar’s contract runs out in the summer of 2021 but he can leave the Camp Nou on a free transfer in the summer due to a special clause in his contract. There is no doubt that Barcelona are starting to prepare for a life without Messi, who is at the wrong side of 30. Even if he stays at Barcelona, Messi will be highly effective only for a couple of years. Still, that has not prevented questions about Messi’s future at the club from cropping up to the table ofBartomeu.

Bartomeu has insisted that Messi will remain at Barcelona even after the end of the season. After a difficult start of the campaign, Barcelona have once again started performing very well and it is not a surprise that Messi has been the key factor behind this revival. After struggling with the threat of missing out on the title race in the early part of the campaign,Bartomeu has seen Barcelona get back to the top of the table with a significant aid from Messi. Even though Messi is 32,Bartomeu expects the player to stay at the club at least for the next two or three seasons.
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Ter Stegen Welcomes the Return of Lionel Messi

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen claimed that the club always find it easy when Lionel Messi is on the pitch. The Argentine has had a couple of injury problems this season and it has prevented a direct impact since this season. Unsurprisingly, Barcelona have struggled at the start of the campaign and they have had a poor set of results. It is even future of manager Ernesto Valverde under a lot of doubt. Messi has so far made only four appearances and one of those came in the recent game against Inter Milan at the Camp Nou.

There was a major setback for the Catalan outfit as early as in the second minute after Inter took a shock lead. This was the first time Inter were scoring at the Camp Nou since 1970. However, Barcelona were able to get all three points thanks to a double from Luis Suarez. Even though Messi did not get on the scoresheet, the presence of the five-time FIFA Ballon d’Or award winner was a major inspiration to the players, according to Ter Stegen. After having struggled with a number of injuries this season, Messi had a lot of positivity after completing 90 minutes of action.Ter Stegen says that it can be only good news for Barcelona in the forthcoming weeks.
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