Posted December 10, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. by GdSS
Sacked at the end of October by FC Barcelona due to his poor results, Ronald Koeman clearly does not seem to have won unanimous support during his time at the club. And Junior Firpo, who evolved under him for more than a year, charges the Dutch technician…
Finally replaced by Xavi on the bench of FC Barcelona who intends to start a new cycle with a pure product of the club, Ronald Koeman therefore left Catalonia by the back door at the end of October. The Dutch coach, who will have spent a total of a year and two months on the bench for the Blaugrana club, will not have left lasting memories for supportersBarça … nor to certain players. Junior Firpo , which was one of those unwanted items of Koeman before being sold last summer in Leeds for 15M €, s' is voiced on Cadena Ser and unloaded on the methods used by his former trainer.
Firpo lets loose on Koeman
“I lost my enthusiasm for football and realized the importance of family. There were things with Koeman that I didn't understand, and at times there was a lack of respect for me and my teammates. I do not understand that the day after a match, when we, the substitutes, we were training, he remained in his room. If I'm a replacement and I'm supposed to show you things … “, assures Junior Firpo on his collaboration with Ronald Koeman which therefore did not happen as scheduled for FC Barcelona. And the Spanish left-back, when he tried to have an explanation with his trainer, mostly hit a wall.
“He told me that I was contaminating the group”
“I asked him for an explanation, and he started lying to me. At that point, why would I be supposed to keep asking him for an explanation? He tells me things that don't make sense, like that I am training poorly, that I infect the group ….. Ask whoever you want, and see if any other person on the team will tell you the same about me. I don't know what he meant by explaining that I was infecting the band, I guess that refers to my attitude. I do not know in what sense a young person who has just arrived will infect a group which has won everything and which has always been there. My opinion is not going to change the way they train or anything, ”continues Firpo , who will not therefore retain lasting memories of Ronald Koeman .