Koeman, one of Barca’s greatest ever players who was confirmed as the club’s new coach on Wednesday, will oversee the transition alongside Ramon Planes, the new chief technical secretary after Eric Abidal left the club. “The technical secretary and new coach will take drastic measures and they will affect certain players, who we should give a proper farewell to,” Bartomeu said in an interview with the club’s official television channel on Tuesday. “These are players who have given their best days to the club and been part of the club’s best years. They have won a lot of trophies and had a lot of success,” added Bartomeu. “Some of those decisions have already been taken by others and some will be taken soon by different people.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2020 11:30 UTC