Barcelona are about to kickstart their new Champions League campaign on Thursday at Monaco, but the atmosphere around the club is quite unsettling.Earlier this month, Pedri spoke about the improvement of Barcelona squad’s fitness levels since the arrival of Hansi Flick. The 21-year-old expressed his belief that he and his teammates are much fitter under Flick.##NAJAVA_MECA_8342675##As reported by Sport and Diario AS, these comments were taken personally by Xavi Hernandez, who was replaced by Flick at the end of last season. He was reportedly taken aback from Pedri’s remarks, which he thinks are “unfair”.Xavi is understood to be hurt by the whole narrative surrounding him following Flick’s appointment. He believes that there is a campaign with the goal to discredit him.Interestingly, another ex-Barca coach, Quique Setien, has spoken these days, denying the claims he was finally paid off for his Blaugrana spell.”I still haven’t received all the money that Barcelona owes me. Four years have passed. But the last instalment should arrive at the end of this month,” Setien said.Sacking Xavi will cost Barcelona dearlyAlthough his term on the bench of the Catalan club was not long, he remembers it fondly. Although he was reluctant to go to Barcelona. Moreover, he was within reach of an engagement on another continent.”I had everything arranged to go to work in Egypt! Even when I received the Barcelona offer, I said that I would not go there, because I was convinced that I was not the right man for Barca,” concluded he.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 1TuesdayJuventus – PSV 3-1 (2-0)/Yildiz 21, McKennie 27, Gonzales 52 – Saibari 90+3/Young Boys – Aston Villa 0-3 (0-2)/Tielemans 27, Ramsey 38, Onana 85/AC Milan – Liverpool 1-3 (1-2)/Pulisic 3 – Konate 23, van Dijk 41, Szoboszlai 67/Bayern – Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 (3-0)/Kane 19 pen, 58, 63 pen, 78 pen Guerreiro 33, Olise 38, 61, Sane 85, Goretzka 90+2 – Petkovic 49, Ogiwara 50/Real Madrid – Stuttgart 3-1 (0-0)/Mbappe 46, Rudiger 83, Endrick 90+5 – Undav 68/Sporting – Lille 2-0 (1-0)/Gyokeres 38, Debast 65/WednesdayBologna – Shakhtar 0-0Sparta Praha – Salzburg 3-0 (2-0)/Kairinen 2, Olatunji 42, Laci 58/Celtic- Slovan B. 5-1 (1-0)/Scales 17, Furuhashi 47, Englels 56, Maeda 70, Idah 86/Club Brugge – Dortmund 0-3 (0-0)/Gittens 76, 86, Guirassy 90+5 (p)/Man.City – Inter 0-0PSG – Girona 1-0 (0-0)/Gazzaniga (og) 90/Thursday19:45: (4.20) Crvena Zvezda (3.60) Benfica (1.95)19:45: (4.40) Feyenoord (3.70) Leverkusen (1.80)22:00: (4.10) Atalanta (3.50) Arsenal (1.90)22:00: (1.80) Atl.Madrid (3.60) RB Leipzig (4.60)22:00: (1.90) Brest (3.60) Sturm (4.50)22:00: (4.60) Monaco (3.60) Barcelona (1.80)***odds are subject to change***
