Koeman's agent accuses Barcelona president Laporta of "hypocrisy"

The agent of Dutch coach Ronaldo Koeman accused Barcelona President Joan Laporta of "hypocrisy", after the latter claimed that the two men were "friends" during his announcement that the former international defender would continue his duties with the Catalan club.

In a documentary presented in the Netherlands under the name "Forsa Koeman", the Dutch coach and his agent, Rob Jansen, revealed what happened in June inside the corridors of the "Camp Nou".

Jansen stated that Koeman's stay in Barcelona this summer was not decided after the team was satisfied with finishing the local league third last season, revealing that Laporta told him and his client that he "needs time to look for a coach and if he does not find one, Ronald can stay."

In turn, Koeman said in the documentary, "We have always had a good relationship, and then the president came and said to me: 'I still have doubts. We need more time and we will look at other options regarding the coach. We cannot explain anything else.'"

Koeman arrived in Barcelona's technical management in August 2020, succeeding Kiki Sittin, but he was satisfied with one title, which was in the local cup competition, while he lost the league battle by falling behind the poles of the capital, Atletico and Real Madrid, respectively, and he was eliminated from the Champions League final price at the hands of French Paris Saint-Germain. .

Jansen said that "Laporta said that he needed two or three weeks to find a new candidate for the position of coach, and if he did not succeed in this, Ronald would continue his duties."

"It was a crazy decision (looking for an alternative), not based on anything. Just based on feelings, crazy... I didn't speak to Laporta after that. But luckily the people around him were able to contribute to Koeman's survival."

Jansen continued his attack on Laporta, "and then the president came out in a press conference to say that they will continue to work together, they are friends... This is hypocrisy at the highest levels of sport."

Koeman, who was pressured at the beginning of the new season after the departure of Argentine star Lionel Messi to Paris Saint-Germain and the humiliating loss at the beginning of the Champions League campaign against Bayern Munich 0-3 at the "Camp Nou", was more diplomatic than Janssen, considering that "the president He's the boss, he's there to make decisions."

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