Junior Firpo's harsh revelation about his tense relationship with Koeman at Barça

The step of Junior Firpo by the FC Barcelona went much less brilliant of the expected. The Hispanic-dominican arrived to the club in the season 2019/2020, after topping a flawless campaign with the Real Betis and, considering his attainments, as be champion of the European Sub-21 with Spain in 2017, expected much more of him. However, this explosion never arrived.

The current player of the Leeds grieve could contest two periods with the Catalan group, in which it played 41 meetings, converting two targets and contributing three passes to goal. Unfortunately, it was wrapped in a negative context because of different situations occurred during his stay like Barcelona.

The rugged adventure of Junior Firpo in the Barça

The beginning of his adventure like culé was marked by an unlucky error in his first party like titling. Fue Substituted to the rest and received an alluvium of criticisms by his sportive performance, attributing him the fault of the defeat of the Barça in this meeting. In spite of this, the left side had opportunities to redeem along the season.

This first period with Ernesto Valverde to the control of the club, in spite of a beginning tumultuoso and to arrive as acting of Jordi Alba, contested a good number of parties, seeing action in 23 opportunities and adding 1.396 minutes in total. This seemed augurar an improvement for the campaign 2021/2022. Nevertheless, his situation gave a drastic twist so much in the sportive appearance as in the extradeportivo.

The complex second year of Junior Firpo like Barcelona

The second year of Junior Firpo in the Barça was marked by a change of trainer. 'Txingurri' Was ceased of the club by the bad results of the team and disasters like the ones of Anfield and Rome, for mentioning some. This gave start to the era of Ronald Koeman, which was plagada of sportive problems for the left side to the not attaining a good connection with the Dutch trainer.

Besides, Firpo confronted difficulties out of the field because of the problems of health of his second son, Jason, the one who presented pulmonary complications. This situation affected negatively his state of spirit and his routine during part of the season. "I slept in the hospital, went to train and afterwards went back to the hospital", affirmed the side.

The unstable relation between Firpo and Koeman in the Barça

The problem with Ronald Koeman was evident, since in this season only contested 18 duels with 864 minutes, which represented a remarkable decrease in comparison with his previous stage in the club. In an interview with 'Relief', the side explained that it attributed this fault of tuning with the Dutch to the little knowledge that had on his figure in the club. "I think that Koeman did not know me a lot".

On the same line, the left side did upsetting in that it never understood some of the decisions taken by the exzaguero and that involved it to him. "He was the first in saying me that it remained me, but afterwards this did not translate in minutes. Memory once that Jordi Alba lesionó and put to Dest like left side. The minutes that gave me were in the right... They were few. There were several parties in which I played well, but did not have continuity. Afterwards, I happened a month without playing. I did not understand this of 'in the most difficult moment, take you out; if the party goes well or can rotar, do not put you", puntualizó Firpo.

To finish to put in context the situation of that then regarding the relation between him and Koeman, Firpo explained that the Dutch never was clear regarding his scarce participation in the club. "Koeman Gave me an answer in which it was not sincere with me: it said me that it contaminated to the group, so I left to try it", concluded.