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Bartomeu talks Messi, Koeman and Barcelona’s untouchables

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has given a lengthy interview with Barca TV and a handful of selected journalists where he’s talked about a range of topics.

Bartomeu discussed Lionel Messi’s future, Ronald Koeman’s arrival, the presidential elections, transfers and the club’s untouchables.

Here are the best bits:

Bartomeu on Koeman

If there are no setbacks then we will announce Koeman as our next coach and he will lead this team and these players forward with a different type of project, led by a coach who all Barca fans know.

We are betting on him because we know him very well, we know how he thinks and how his teams play, but also because of his experience and as he was in Johan’s ‘Dream Team’ he knows Barca and how we understand football.