It sound almost unbelievable for such a big club, but Barcelona is forcing it’s players to leave the club, and they do it without much dignity. The Catalans are in a financial plight for years and are struggling to register new players, but they still continue to sign them, hoping that the ones who are no longer needed will find a club or accept a huge pay cut. But when the player ‘dares’ to say no to both options, they start forcing him, no matter if the footballer is in the starting 11 (Frenkie De Jong), or in the reserves (Martin Braithwaite). Riqui Puig has hit out at Barcelona’s treatment of him while trying to get him to leave the club 😔 pic.twitter.com/eX4nxhf0oO— GOAL (@goal) August 23, 2022 When it comes to offloading players, Barca has no mercy even towards their own youth academy guys. Just ask one of many La Masia products who ended up away from Nou Camp, and Riqui Puig is one of them. The 23-year old midfielder came to Barcelona at the age of 14, and left the club this August and signed for LA Galaxy in the USA. Puig started his career in the senior squad with Ronald Koeman as a coach, but he didn’t get many minutes in La Liga, and things got even worse when Xavi came to be the coach. “It was a tough month because I had never seen that before, leaving players behind in Barcelona and going on a tour without them. Perhaps I understand the club’s position, they want to put pressure on players to leave, but there are other ways to do it. It was really difficult being in Barcelona, training alone, with four other team-mates who were also there with me. After seven years at the club, being in Barcelona when all my team-mates are in Los Angeles playing matches, well, the truth is that it hurt me a lot. It’s a difficult situation and sometimes you have to make decisions and they have made this decision but I don’t agree with it” said Puig to AS, clearly annoyed. So much for La Masia… They spend millions on foreigners and let their kids leaveNewly aquired LA Galaxy player also spoke about his confidence, which was shuttered by both Coeman and Xavi. “I have to thank Barca because thanks to them I am who I am as a player. The last stretch of my life in Barcelona did not go as I would like or they did not treat me as I would like. It is something that can be forgotten and nothing happens. At Barca I never had a coach who trusted me and that’s why I lost confidence” he said to FOX Sports.##NAJAVA_MECA_6588169##
