In this way, the Barça club confirms its full confidence in the 17-year-old player

Bartomeu also encouraged Pedri to continue working to achieve success, words to which the Tenerife native responded gratefully.

Ronald Koeman and his roadmap progress slowly but surely. The Dutch coach analyzed very well what are the aspects that he thinks are failing at Barça and one of his obsessions is to increase the intensity of his team. He does not intend to do it by disguising himself as a ‘sergeant’, nor by training without the ball, but by changing habits. Ronald understands that the squad had been failing their training habits: both in quantity and quality.

09/29/2020

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Many players were surprised during the preseason at the pace required in the sessions. Koeman and his ‘staff’ are well above the template, not only in generic exercises, but also in others that were previously done in a more relaxed way. The Dutch believe in the cliché of "you play how you train".

Ronald has not wanted to enter the locker room as the bad ‘cop’. What’s more, from the inside, the sincerity, humility and good treatment of the coach stand out in the face to face with the players. He has even surprised on occasion with a sense of humor. And it is that Koeman does not believe that to demand intensity he has to sell himself as the ‘enemy’ of the locker 1xbet free movies room. Rather the opposite.

The technician has explained to the staff the importance of reaching an optimal state, and that is not achieved in the short term, but in the long term. It is not a matter of training very hard, but of doing it constantly at an adequate intensity. In addition, the Dutchman insists that the players themselves are the first to benefit from competing with a suitable physical tone. Hence, for example, this week I have not scheduled a single holiday. The squad will train every day, although it is true that the fact of playing Thursday (Celta) and Sunday (Seville) contribute to this.

Koeman thinks long term and is clear that one of the main goals is to change some habits that may have been neglected in recent times. Hence, no matter how good results are obtained, the Dutchman will not slow down.

Parallel to the institutional noise at FC Barcelona, ​​the technical secretariat continues to work for the upcoming season. The ‘exit operation’ is very stranded and this causes the club to be limited to the first team’s chip level. 

09/18/2020

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Trincao to have Barça first team spot but no decision on other youngsters

While the squad is still not lightening up to the expected pace, there are several players who still do not know if they will have a first squad number. Who will have it is Francisco Trincao, since Barça has communicated this to the Portuguese, one of the most prominent so far this preseason.

At 20 years old, the former Sporting de Braga is surprising with his self-confidence and quality. In fact, and pending how Ansu Fati evolves from his hip discomfort, Trincao could start in the league debut against Villarreal. Although it has not been announced, everything indicates that the Portuguese will wear the number ’17’ – he already took it against Girona and Nàstic-.

For their part, Araujo, Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati and Pedri will have to wait. The initial intention of the club was for all of them to also have a first-team record, although from Barça they admit that today it is difficult for it to be that way. At that point, Ansu is one step ahead of the rest for a simple matter of performance and trajectory in the first team, so logic says that the winger will have priority over those mentioned.

Trincao will have a record of the first team | JAVI FERRÁNDIZ

 Does this mean that the club trusts them less or that there is a danger that they could alternate the first team with Barça ‘B’? Absolutely. The four players are and will continue to be under the orders of Ronald Koeman, and if they are finally made a record of the subsidiary, it will only be a bureaucratic solution to the traffic jam at the exit door of the culé dressing room. It must be remembered that the salaries of the players registered in the subsidiary do not count in the salary mass of the first team, which the board wants to reduce yes or yes.

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In the case of Pedri, another of the pleasant surprises against Nàstic and Girona, the situation is even more complex. Las Palmas had a second year on loan for the Tenerife player, but this pact could be broken if any of the following circumstances occurred: that the player left on loan to a higher category team or that Barça made him a record of the first equipment. At the moment, neither of these two options has been produced.

Koeman pampers Pedri

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In fact, the departure in the form of a loan is already ruled out. At this point, the island team could claim the second year of the player’s loan if Barça makes him a subsidiary file. From the Canarian club they confirm that they are pending the resolution of the case, since they will also receive a considerable economic amount if Pedri receives the first team’s number.

Barça is very excited about Pedri and has no intention of giving in to Tenerife, as SPORT has been reporting this summer. There are many clubs that have asked the young player for a loan, and all of them have received the same response from the Barça club: "Pedri does not move". Although the arrival of Ronald Koeman generated some uncertainty, the Dutch coach is delighted with the performance and attitude of the former Las Palmas, which, yes, it will be difficult to enjoy minutes each week.

09/22/2020

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Pedro Gonzalez Lopez

In the last hours, several teams have made another attempt – it looks like it will be the last one already – to try to get Pedri on loan. Bayern Munich, Borussia de Mönchengladbach and PSV have returned to direct Barça asking for the midfielder. Again, the answer of the leaders culés has been firm: Pedri will not leave.

In this way, the Barça club confirms its full confidence in the 17-year-old player. Pedri excites Barça fans and his good work in the preseason games has convinced the club even more that it is in the first squad that the player must grow. The midfielder being aware of the high competition in the line of three midfielders that Koeman plans to align (4-2-3-1).

It remains to be resolved, yes, what will be the situation of Tenerife at the record level. The blocking of the exit operation means that, at the moment, Barça cannot guarantee a record for the first team. In case of having a subsidiary file, it would only be a bureaucratic solution, since in practice Pedri would continue to be for all purposes another player for Koeman. The problem with this option is that, by contract, Las Palmas could claim the second year of assignment that belongs to it. And it is that the second season on loan in the Canarian team could only be broken in two ways: with a loan to a superior team – Barça does not contemplate the departure of Pedri – or by making the player a first team card.

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Koeman pampers Pedri

While waiting to resolve this conflict, what is clear is that Pedri has made a very good start in a Barça team that already has him for this coming season. 

Bayern Munich feels betrayed by Ajax Amsterdam with Sergiño Dest who is one step away from closing his signing for FC Barcelona. The Germans consider that the Dutch club has played dirty to sell the side to Barça when they already had the signing very on track.

09/27/2020

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Bayern Munich feel betrayed by Ajax over Sergiño Dest transfer saga

Bayern had the player’s verbal OK for several weeks. The agreement with Ajax was lacking and the negotiations were moving forward. The postures were getting closer and closer. The first offer had been for about 12 million euros and the second, close to 20 million, although it did not reach that figure. At that time, Barça had not entered the race, according to the Bavarian team.

Dest: Agreement with Ajax, details with Sergiño are missing

Bayern believes that at the time of presenting the second offer, Ajax began to delay an agreement that was already only around 4 or 5 million so that Barça could buy time and could close the sale of Nelson Semedo to Wolverhampton and have this economic capacity to face the operation of Sergiño Dest.

The Germans could not only match Barça’s figures, but could also tackle the operation in better terms than the Catalan team, which due to its economic difficulties has agreed this past Saturday with Ajax the conditions to defer the operation that is estimated in 20 million euros plus variable.

In the end, and as Bayern suspected, Ajax has waited for Barça and transferred the Teutons that the player has chosen Barcelona. The Germans are very very angry with the management of the operation and the leaks from Ajax to Barcelona during the negotiations.

Sergiño Dest, substitute in the victory of Ajax

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The conclusion is that Bayern are left without the young American right-back who played his last minutes as ‘ajacied’ against Vitesse.