O Thomas Ertel landed at noon on Friday in Barcelona, to complete his return to Barcelona. Although he spoke as a player, o Juan Laporta he had a different opinion and spoiled the transfer of the player, who… ended up at the airport!
A few hours later the French “ace” gave a press conference in which he explained exactly what happened, leaving “points” for the attitude of the “Blaugrana” towards him and his family and accusing the club of a lack of respect.
It is worth recalling that in his previous term Ertel in Barcelona, the “glass” between the two sides was “broken” when the Catalans did not allow him to follow the mission on the plane to return to Barcelonaleaving him in Istanbul after a match with Efes.
THE Ertel he seemed willing to give the team a second chance and return to Euroleaguebut finally, again… he stayed at an airport.
What he said in detail:
“First, I don’t think history with the airport is repeating itself. When they left me in Istanbul, it wasn’t the club, it was a person.
I was very excited to come, I thought it was a second chance for both of us. I could help Barcelona who are not doing well this year. Everyone was excited, first of all me. I wanted to restart my career playing for a big club like Barcelona. I am sorry and sorry to hear this news.
When I arrived, I was very happy to be here. We returned to a city and a club where I thought I would end my career. I had bought a house and we were planning to live here. We were glad to be back.
I had arranged to talk to the group about how I would fit into their project and the group in general. Joan Peñaroja was very happy. He told me what he expected from me and asked me various things. We talked for 15-20 minutes and it seemed that both sides were very excited. I was very happy. He ended by telling me very frankly to get to Barcelona as soon as possible.
I spoke with Juan Carlos Navarro a couple of days ago. He sent me a message that he was very happy about my arrival and was eagerly waiting for me. There was agreement from all in order to grow the team.
I knew it would be a bit difficult at first, but I’m in really good shape, so when the results were positive…
But after what happened, everyone showed their support for me. It was ultimately a bombshell, not a positive one, but a negative one. I spoke to Joan, he apologized. He told me that the decisions were not his, he repeated the same things to me as in our previous communication, that he was very excited.
My plans? I will take a car today and go home. If I feel like I’ve been tricked? Yes, obviously. The first time was in Istanbul, there has been a lot of talk about that situation.
A lot of things that were lies. This time it is worse because I was with my family, I have brought my children and my wife. It’s a very big lack of respect for me and my family.”
Source: Sport Fm
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