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🎙Ronald Koeman to @FCBtv on the dressing room heavyweights.

🗣 "The most veteran players have a place in the squad, they already showed it last year and it is important that they be with us. In a club like Barça, the balance between the old and the young must exist."

@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman on Lionel Messi.

🗣 "Messi is very important, he is the captain of the team and an example for others. His effectiveness has been enormous, after a difficult start due to his own situation."
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@FCBtv 🎙Koeman continues on Messi.

🗣 "He really wanted to win the Copa América and, as he is the best player in the world, he is used to to win things. For me he is the absolute favorite to win the Ballon D'or."
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@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman on Sergio Agüero.

🗣 "We had to improve our performance at the top and he is a very experienced and dangerous player in the area. The important thing is that he is physically well and our goal is to keep him in top shape."
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@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman on Memphis Depay.

🗣 "I know Memphis very well and he knows how to work. He has a lot of character, physicality, speed and can play in different positions in attack. He is at perfect age to be able to show it and I hope he does well at Barça."
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@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman on García.

🗣 "He had a great Euro. He comes from here and despite his young age, has a lot of experience. He plays in the same position I did. With the ball he is very good & we can improve with him. He also has projection and a great future ahead."
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@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman on Emerson Royal.

🗣 "He is one of the best full-backs in the league. He has been called up by Brazil with all the competition there is. He will give us a lot of physicality and he fits in with our way of playing."
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@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman on Pedri.

🗣 "Pedri's Euro Cup has been phenomenal. At the age of 18 he has played almost all the matches completely, that too with an impressive maturity."
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@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman continues on Pedri.

🗣 " His football continues to improve and he is a very honest and calm boy. He lives for football. He is an example of how one has to be being a young man at Barça."
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@FCBtv 🎙Koeman on Pedri's participation in the Olympics.

🗣 "It is a pity for us. We have maximum confidence. This season there is great expectation from him. It's important for our youth football that youngsters see that they are in a club that gives them opportunities."
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@FCBtv 🎙Ronald Koeman on Pedri being exhausted.

🗣 "Pedri has played a lot. We will have to give him a break, everyone needs it during the summer. As Guardiola said, playing two important tournaments in the summer is too much, but we can't do anything."
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@FCBtv This concludes Ronald Koeman's interview and this thread.

Translation via @sport.