Thread by @Barca_Buzz

🎙Ronald Koeman to @NOS.

🗣 "I think you should always create clarity. When you let things blow a bit as a club and are not clear about the future of a coach, then you get speculation. And if you are the one who is the coach, then that is not a nice case."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman continues..

🗣 "Last week there was also something in the media, which I think is not possible. That again suggests that the trainer does not have full power."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman continues..

🗣 "He (Laporta) said a little too much. That can be done in private. I like it when a president is committed and also asks questions. Only that it should not be in the press, that was the problem."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman continues..

🗣 "Laporta was not wise on two occasions, let me put it this way."

🗣 "Around the president I had the feeling that everyone was completely behind me. Players, the rest of the coaching staff and the other board members."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman discusses his future at Barcelona.

🗣 "One moment it's nothing, the next moment it can be everything. I know it also depends on the results. I'm open to staying. I'm just having a good time. Thanks to me, this club has a future."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman talks about the talented youngsters at Barça.

🗣 "It's not just Pedri. There are still four or five players aged 18 or 19 who will be fantastic players for this club in three or four years."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman on if the youngsters can fill Messi or Griezmann's void right now.

🗣 "We no longer have a player who scores 35 goals from scratch. You will feel that as a team."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman on Barcelona's financial situation.

🗣 "Barcelona is in debt and therefore has to deal with the fair play in Spain. The best players cannot come to Barcelona because they have higher contracts and cost a lot of money, which the club does not have."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman continues..

🗣 "Sportingly this club will always be good. The question is, can you get back to the level where you'll win Champions Leagues and be the best in Spain for years in a row? That is not the case at the moment. Let's hope that it'll come again."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman continues..

🗣 "It can take 2 years before you can really compete financially with clubs like Man City & Chelsea again. Accepting things and not being able to do things that maybe they should. That's the moment. Focus on the youth and give them a chance."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman on Barça's objectives.

🗣 "We have to compete for the trophies. I always think you have to look at the possibilities and at the team. At the moment that is very difficult, because we also have players who make this team stronger when they are fit."
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@NOS • Ronald Koeman points out the absence of Ansu Fati, Sergio Agüero, Ousmane Dembélé and Philippe Coutinho. He says:

🗣 "If we have everyone available, we will really compete for the championship."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman on Memphis Depay.

🗣 "Memphis fits well everywhere. He has developed enormously both as a football player, but also as a person. He has a personality and he has shown that from day one here at the club."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman continues..

🗣 "I also know that quite a lot of people were skeptical in the beginning about whether that was the attacker we should have. He proves in a short time that he is and it is up to him to push through this."
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@NOS 🎙Ronald Koeman on having three Dutch players in the Barça squad.

🗣 "It's not that bad. I think it's mainly about the quality of players. Origin is not important."
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