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Barça has already given its version of the bizarre situation that Thomas Heurtel experienced this Tuesday in Turkey.

The Barça entity, which did not allow him to return to Barcelona with the rest of the team after the game played against Anadolu Efes, assures through a statement that he did not abandon him to his fate in Istanbul, but instead found him a hotel, a plane ticket and arranged his papers so that he would return the next day.

In his text, of course, there is only talk of a break in the negotiations to close his departure from the Palau as a trigger for the situation and a hypothetical agreement with Real Madrid is not mentioned anywhere.

According to the club, Heurtel stayed out of the game against Joventut "to avoid a possible injury" before an imminent agreement to terminate his contract.

This same Monday, while, even though he was not called up for the match against Anadolu Efes, he was allowed to travel to Turkey "to solve his professional future, as he and his representative requested."

The French player, according to Barça, even asked to have a parallel life, to be able to negotiate his departure.

On Tuesday noon, however, the conversations with the player's agent broke down and, according to Barça, the two parties "began to continue talking."

"Given the situation generated by this breakdown in negotiations, and not being under the team's discipline in this match, it was decided that the player should not return to the group. The player was not neglected in any case and all the necessary facilities - hotel night, regular flight ticket and all pertinent documentation - to be able to travel and return to Barcelona the next day, "the statement said.

For the moment, the Frenchman continues to be part of the discipline "waiting to be able to solve his future in the coming days."

Sitting on the bleachers

Heurtel, despite not being called up, was present at the game that Barça played against Efes in Istanbul.

The cameras briefly showed him sitting in the stands of Sinan Erdem, wearing a mask with the Barcelona crest.

Hours before he saw how, finally, he was not allowed to return with the rest of the expedition to Barcelona.

A fact that has raised a whole wave of indignation in the world of basketball.

The most forceful, perhaps, has been precisely a former Barça player,

Tyrese Rice

.

"Didn't they let him get on the plane? Are they telling him he can't go home? The man has family and everything. Wow. I hope he goes to Real if that's an option. Because God knows if he had the chance, I would have gone, "said the American on social networks.

In 2017, he was removed from the discipline of the Barcelona first team and trained for a few months with the subsidiary before closing his march to China.

"I have always considered Barça as one of the best in the Euroleague, but if this is what it seems, it is a real shame. This is not a dictatorship, if you do not love me, let me go and I will decide what is best for my family" , said

Mike James

, of CSKA Moscow, also through his social networks.

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