Larsson charges against Laporta and defends Koeman: "He didn't deserve to be treated like this"

Henrik Larsson Left his footprint like forward of the FC Barcelona in alone two seasons with the club. To his 19 goals in 59 apparitions between the summer of 2004 and 2006 it is necessary to add him the two assistances to Samuel Eto'or and Juliano Belletti that cost the second Champions League blaugrana in Paris in front of the Arsenal (2-1), a legacy that allowed him be considered by Ronald Koeman like second trainer culé in 2020, when the neeerlandés assumed the technical direction blaugrana after the disastrous cycle of Enrique Setién.

The ex Swedish forward spoke in 'Swedish Fotbollskanalen' on the cycle of the míster tulip in the Barça, in an interview where loaded against Joan Laporta by the deal dispensed to the trainer and the froma how fraguó his exit. "Had a decision in this regard very late, is a penalty. For me it does not have too much importance, but treat like this to Koeman is not something that deserved after all the work that had done", expressed the one of Helsinborg.

In accordance with Larsson, everything left well until the month of April, but after the defeat in front of Granada (1-2) that supposed the collapse blaugrana in the straight final of LaLiga, began to feel that the directive did not support them, already with Laporta like president. "We went us on holiday of summer and did not know if it went to be followed the following season. Ronald had done a cleaning in the team to do the possible things and, therefore, do not think that deserved that no said him ", said the Swedish regarding the rumours on the dismissal of Koeman that ventilated from June.

It is clear that if the president did not sack to Ronald at the end of the 2020-21 was thanks to the title of the Glass of Rey and to the gafete of legend of the club of the Dutch, author of the goal that gave him to the Barça​ his first Glass of Europe. In this sense, Henrik stood out the legacy of the trainer in his only complete season heading to the blaugranas. "There were a lot of players that rose to the first team. Pedri, Gavi and Nico González are players that will be big for the Barcelona in the future". The míster spoke a lot on the future in his last weeks in the club. Reason did not be him.

The exit of Messi and the "fault of leadership" of Laporta

For Larsson, the exit of read Messi surprised to all by equal. "Never it thought that Messi would leave the club and this affected to all the staff. It was a moment hard, but like trainer have to try turn off the external noise and know that you are here to work. There were days in which we did not know if it was the last or if we went to be followed. This could have avoided easily, but this would have demanded a leadership much better that the one who showed Laporta", atizó the Swedish. Besides, puntualizó: "Ronald did a fantastic work when giving an opportunity to the young players. It has given to the Barça a good base on which build".