Ronald Koeman has warned senior figures at Barcelona to stop making comments relating to Lionel Messi and his future at the club.
Ronald Koeman has told Barcelona senior figures to stop any comments regarding Lionel Messi and the uncertainty surrounding his future.
The aggravation from the Barca boss comes after interim president Carlos Tusquets said this week the club should have sold their captain during the summer window.
Elsewhere, other candidates for the Barcelona presidency have also spoken at length about Messi but Koeman believes such comments from insiders in the club are doing more harm than good.
La Pulga is in the final year of his contract and the Dutch manager has called for people to leave the 33-year-old to make his own decisions on his future.
“We know the situation with Leo,” Koeman said as quoted by Goal.
“If there is someone who can say, it is Leo himself, the comments from outside do not interest me.”
“If we make them within the club they do not help us to have peace of mind to do our work. We cannot control the comments from the outside, from the inside it is different.”
Koeman also responded to comments made by Tusquets on selling Messi.
“I respect opinions, but Messi must decide his future and I don’t like comments in that sense,” he added.
“I have already said several times that I am not worried because I do not know what will happen in the elections,” he said. “When it is known, we will talk. Until then, the best thing I can do is focus on the games.”
Regardless, speculation continues to grow that Messi could be headed to PSG come next summer.
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