The Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman he considered that his team “is not going to win many things” in the press conference prior to the match against Athletic Bilbao.
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“You have to be realistic and know where we come from, the changes we have made and the young players there are,” added the Dutch coach. He also said that “the League is complicated by the difference in points with the Athletic of Madrid and in the Champions League there is no favorite to win the competition “.
Asked about the report of the technical secretariat revealed by TV3, which recommends the signing of the centrall Manchester City Eric Garcia and questions that Samuel Umtiti and Óscar Mingueza be prepared for high-level commitments, Koeman responded that he doesn’t look “very much at the press” and that he is “interested in matches”.
But at the insistence of journalists, he explained that “it is always important to have someone at the club who is working to improve the staff in January or next year.”
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Thus, he has said that he does not mind “because it is a job that the club has to do and the players should not be angry because they participate a lot in the matches”.
about Umtiti he explained that “he has been out due to injury, has recovered well and is being relied on.” And with respect to Mingueza, Who “has been playing many games since he rose from the branch.”
Koeman also admitted that he recently spoke with the coach of the Pep Guardiola of Manchester City, But “to congratulate him on his fiftieth birthday, not to talk about Eric Garcia.”
The Dutch coach has explained that “if it is not possible for (the player) to come in January” he accepts it and goes “forward”.
The big news on the list to face the Athletic de Bilbao it could be Sergi Roberto, who had been injured since the end of November. “He has chances to get on the list,” Koeman admitted.
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The Barcelona coach considered that “in the two games played recently against Athletic de Bilbao“His team had” a lot of chances to win “(in fact, they won 2-3 in the league) and he knows that the Bilbao team” is physically strong and gets a lot of performance from the set piece “.
EFE