Barcelona vs Sevilla | Copa del Rey Pedri’s return was also discussed
Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman made clear that the arrest of former club president Josep Maria Bartomeu is not a good thing for the Blaugrana.
Bartomeu and three others – CEO Oscar Grau a lawyer Roman Gomez Ponti, as well as former director Jaume Masferrer – was arrested on Monday as part of the ‘Barcagate‘scandal, from which the Dutch coach distanced himself.
“It does not look good for the club,” Koeman said during the pre-match press conference.
“We have to wait and see what happens. I was not here [at the time], I do not know what happened. We can do nothing, we have to focus on football. ‘
Koeman speak before the second leg of Barcelona‘s Copa del Rey semi-final against Sevilla, which is 2-0 behind.
“We know we’re having a bad result to come back from, but I think it’s possible,” he said.
Oddly enough, Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-0 in LaLiga Santander last weekend at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, a match in which Pedri had to go down and was even seen on the crutches when the team returned to Barcelona. Still, he could be back in time for Wednesday’s game.
“There are things that can not be explained,” Koeman noticed.
‘Yesterday afternoon I was surprised. He did individual training and today he had no problems.
‘We’ll see it tomorrow’s workout. I think he could be on the list. ‘