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The change was triggered by the 2: 8 (1: 4) defeat of the Champions League quarterfinals in Lisbon in a match against Bayern Munich.
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“Barcelona and Abidals have reached an agreement to terminate the contract,” the club said on its website.
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Like Setien, whose best choice is Ronald Kumann from the Netherlands, Abidal has paid his price after being left without a “La Liga” title in Spain and after being defeated in the Champions League quarterfinals.
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It was the first season of the Barcelona team since 2007 without any trophies.
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The former left-back defender of the French national team, who ran 67 times in its ranks, played for Barcelona from 2007 to 2013. He also had health problems during this time and had a liver transplant.
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He was appointed sports director in June 2018 and fell relentlessly on the dismissal of his coach Ernesto Valverde in January.
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Abidals and other officials, while Valverde was still in office, went to Doha, the capital of Qatar, to offer to train the team for longtime Barcelona club midfielder Shavier Ernandes Kreus, or Shav, but he refused.
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In an interview, Abidals blamed the players for firing Valverde, provoking to anger even the usually discreet superstar Lionel Messi.
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Mesi posted a message in his Instagram account urging Abidalu to “take responsibility for his decisions” and “name names.”
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Setyen won 16 victories, four draws and defeated five times in the 25 games he led.
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Following Sethen’s departure on Monday, the club promised “fundamental changes”.
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