‘Terrible case of indigestion’: Barcelona interim president pokes enjoyable at Florentino Perez and Real Madrid

Florentino Perez’s explosive press convention days after Real Madrid’s defeat in El Clasico had made headlines in FC Barcelona, however it by no means attracted any actual consideration from the membership’s high brass.

The Barcelona hierarchy has by no means proven an excessive amount of concern about Perez’s feedback, typically shoving them away as a tirade from a rival club’s president, whose staff has not gained a single main trophy in two years.

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In a current interplay, Barcelona’s interim president, Rafa Yuste, maintained an identical degree of tone, even jokingly evaluating Real Madrid’s grievances to a foul case of indigestion.

What Yuste mentioned about Florentino

Yuste believes Real Madrid are having a foul indigestion.(Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP through Getty Images)

Speaking from Oslo, the place he attended a UEFA dinner forward of the Women’s Champions League ultimate, Yuste didn’t maintain again in his evaluation of the Real Madrid president’s behaviour.

“Florentino’s words were pathetic. I stand by what Laporta said and would add that teams, big or small, have to know how to win and lose.

“What Real Madrid is showing is that they’ve had a terrible case of indigestion for the last two years. We always respect our opponents,” he mentioned (h/t SPORT).

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Yuste went on so as to add that Barcelona wouldn’t have been so dominant as they’re, even when they’d really bribed the referees.

“To win La Liga, you have to win practically all 38 games of the season, and you don’t do that by bribing referees or matches, or with the Negreira case,” he added.

The interim president accused Perez of utilizing the Negreira case as a smokescreen to deflect consideration from Real Madrid’s second consecutive trophyless season.

Yuste on Pep Guardiola’s exit

Yuste heaped reward on Pep Guardiola. (Photo by Molly Darlington/Getty Images)

Yuste was additionally requested about Pep Guardiola’s exit from Manchester City. He notably heaped reward on the Catalan for his contributions to soccer.

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“Pep is a Barça legend. Everything he has achieved is incredible. All I can do is thank him for what he has done for football,” he mentioned.

“He’s young, and I’m sure he’ll return to the sidelines, and we’ll enjoy watching him. He’s 100% a Barça fan and knows that Barça is his home. We have to thank him for what he has done for world football, Barça, and Catalonia,” he concluded.