Sergio: "Now I am an employee"

Sergio Barjuansubsidiary technician, will continue to head the renamed Barca Athletic next season after staying just one point away from playing in the playoffs for promotion to Segunda, after a season marked by several absences of players who needed to strengthen the first team.

In an interview on Catalunya Ràdio’s program ‘Tot Costa’, Sergio positively appreciated his first course at the subsidiary. “It is something totally different from what I was used to until now. Here I am another employee, with the aim of educating, training and directing players towards football and life in general. In this process there are results, but we are close to the playoffs. We need to find out why it didn’t reach, but we need to be happy because many of our players got into the first team ”, he reviews and didn’t venture to put in a new one for next year because“ we still need to see how it turns out. the template, ”he said.

The first team experience

In his brief experience with the first team after the dismissal of ronald koeman, Sergio He explained, “I have very good memories, it was only a week, but I tried to help with the role given to me. I told the captains what they needed from me, ”he said.“ You always wanted to have candy in your mouth and it didn’t take you away, but the luck I had was that I became a professional player and clearly I’m about what I’m holding back, ”he added.

At the branch, Sergio had to deal with some complicated situations, some with happy endings, and others instead, as in the case of kays ruiz, whose contract was terminated before the end of the season, not so much. On Arnau Tenas, Sergi explained that “his evolution is very good, he finished the year well, let’s remember that he is still young, he is only 21 years old. My only problem with him is he’s a goalkeeper, and only one player is playing. He’s a goalkeeper that he’ll have a lot to talk about in the coming years, I don’t know if here or abroad, and as a teammate, he’s been a great dressing room manager, he helped us and we helped him, him. became very good, even though we had rifirafe, because he was the captain and I wanted the captain to be a player on the field. He’s the best captain I’ve had this year. ”

On kays ruizthat in the summer is back from PSG In the release letter, Sergi explained that “he came late, he had to start the preseason with the first team and he caught Covid and he couldn’t go. The integration process was more difficult. We tried to help each other, but He is a great footballer, he has a great view of the game, of the last pass, but circumstances have led him to have other doubts about responsibility on a personal level and as a teammate ”, he concludes.