The crisis - which erupted between Argentine star Lionel Messi and Barcelona's sporting director Erik Abidal - raised fans' fears of repercussions for the future of the Catalan club.

Added to the above is the problem of the team's volatile results and successive injuries, which have constrained the choices of the new coach, Kiki Sittin, which threatens the team's career this season.

In his statements to the Sport newspaper, Abidal tried to justify the team's choices during the past period, especially with regard to the dismissal of coach Ernesto Valverde.

However, the statements of the former French player have sparked new crises that will be difficult to overcome quickly, from attacking players and accusing them of not wanting to work under Valverde's leadership, until denial of any offer to the former star Xavi to train the team.

Messi quickly responded to Abidal's statements, asking him to reveal the names of the players he talked about, and said that everyone should be responsible for his work and cautious in making his decisions, and called on the sports administration to take responsibility for its decisions.

Press reports in Spain justified Messi's position by boredly of holding him responsible for everything that takes place in Barcelona, ​​and presented him in the image of the controller in the dressing room and the last word in the major decisions.

Followers are waiting for Abidal's response after what Messi said, and it does not exclude that the former player and the sports director are currently forced to apologize or justify his statements that they were taken out of context and misunderstood in order to avoid more troubles that might lead the administration to abandon him in order to satisfy Messi.

Xavi meeting
Abidal will also have to deal with the expected reaction from Xavi after denying any offer to the current coach of the Qatari Al Sadd club, and saying that Xavi does not have enough experience to lead the Catalan club.

Abidal had traveled to Qatar and met Chafee after Barcelona left the Super Cup semi-finals earlier this year, and said that his visit was to listen to Chafi's plan and his perception of the club's condition, and it was not to make an offer to train the team.

It seems that the new crisis will not subside before profound changes occur in Barcelona that end the causes of the eruption of the current disputes, and prevent its development to a level that affects the unity of the next team at an important stage of the season that will witness competition to settle the titles of all competitions.