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The environment of eSports tournaments is becoming more professional, with the entry of sponsors and international competitions in all areas of video games.

One of the First Division clubs that has invested the most in this discipline is Barça, through the

FCB eSports division.

Associated with it are not only players, but coaches who coordinate the different teams.

Despite the professionalization of the sector, there are examples that

there is still a lot to do

.

One of these technicians has made public through his Twitter account - now X - that Barcelona has not paid him for three months.

What's more,

Lucas Rojo

goes further and assures that he has not signed any contract.

On the official Barcelona account it was reported on January 15 that the aforementioned 'head coach' was joining the technical staff for the

Valorant competition.

However, Rojo denounces that "as of February 29,

I still have not received a single euro from FC Barcelona

. They owe me three months of work and I am still waiting for the money."

"This is the first time this has happened to me in an eSports club and I honestly don't know how to manage the situation,

I don't know how to lead the team

, I don't know how to move forward since every day that passes is more and more complicated," he says. in his

tweet

.

"I have sacrificed hours of

streaming

, I have put all my effort into ensuring that these five kids have a chance of reaching VCT and it is becoming impossible for me. I don't know what decision to make or what to do. I

don't want to leave the team

because I love this group" , he continues.

"I find myself in a situation in which I have spent four months drawing on savings, without receiving a euro because I have stopped

streaming,

having made many sacrifices to move this team forward.

No one from the club has shown interest in the boys or me

" , Red laments.

"No one has asked me in these four months how we are doing, how training is going, how the team is progressing, how we are training, what we are training, nothing. An absolute void in which

I feel alone, without support from the club

, having to put up with a situation that is completely unfair and that I cannot solve since it does not depend on me.

A user of the social network encourages him to sue before Justice.

However, Lucas Rojo recognizes that

there is no contract involved.