Amid many speculations about Valverde and Barcelona’s managerial spot, a former Chilean-Argentine manager has added fuel to the fire.
Following a stalemate at the Camp Nou between Barcelona and Slavia Prague, more bad news came out from the Barcelona camp Tuesday night.
After Luis Suárez was taken off against Levante, few minutes before half-time, the club have officially announced the Uruguayan’s injury.
Despite an opener by Lionel Messi as the first half came to a close, the goal was cancelled out as Levante went on a three-goal spree.
Out-of-favor midfielder Carles Aleñá could be on his way out, temporarily, and it seems unlikely that he will have shortage of suitors.
As Luis Suárez is aging, Barcelona look towards finding a long-term replacement for the Uruguayan, with Lautaro being on Barcelona’s radar.
Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué and 20-year old winger, Carlés Perez, are the latest two to open up in their respective interviews.
As part of the build-up for the Champions League game against Inter Milan midweek, Ernesto Valverde, later joined by Antoine Griezmann, held the pre-game press conference on Monday, where many topics were discussed.
As the season is well underway, and transfer speculations have come to a hold, Clément Lenglet and Firpo are the latest players interviewed.
Club president, Josep Bartomeu, had a talk with the club’s official TV channel, Barça TV, where he talked about the Neymar situation, the Espai Barça project and a potential electronic voting system for the coming elections.