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Junior Firpo: Ronald Koeman told me I was ‘contaminating the group’ at Barcelona

Junior Firpo has opened up on his time at Barcelona and made it pretty clear he didn’t enjoy working under boss Ronald Koeman.

Firpo signed from Real Betis in 2019 but failed to live up to expectations and was shipped off to Leeds United after just 41 appearances in 2021.

The full-back has spoken of his time at the club and revealed some off-field struggles, as his newborn son had health issues, as well as being bombarded by negative message on social media.

Firpo also says that Koeman didn’t make life for him easy either.

“I think Koeman didn’t know me very well,” he told Relevo.