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Valverde: 'We won two La Liga titles, but nothing is good enough for some people'

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"We won two league titles and it was good, but nothing is good enough for some people," 

"I was there two and a half years. We were always first in our 

 group with a game to spare, in three years we didn't need the last game.

"It's normal that these things happen. Me and the team enjoyed these results, another thing is other people, but we appreciated it because it was difficult for us and now... Well, look," the former 

Valverde seemingly takes a dig at Josep Maria Bartomeu here. The manager was sacked mid-season and Bartomeu's decision to hire 

Unlike Setien, Ernesto Valverde reportedly had the support of Barca's heavyweights despite the 

Valverde won 4 trophies at Barcelona: 2 La Liga titles, one 

'It's best that people don't know the truth': Valverde on his relationship with Messi

"I can't talk about these things [in public], they form part of the mystery. This is how it should be. It's best that people don't know what we are like. It's best that they don't know the truth," 

 between 2017 and 2020. As per reports, Ernesto often received reprimands from the Argentine and the club's other veterans.

The 57-year-old, however, says that he didn't think twice about accepting Barca's offer when his former club came calling.

"I didn't think twice about it. It was a good opportunity and an experience that I couldn't turn down," Valverde added.

"My departure? Well, I left and that's it..."

Valverde has been out of work since leaving Camp Nou last year and now appears to be ready to return to management.

"I guess so, but it would need to be something stimulating, something motivating," he concluded.

"After leaving Barca, I needed some time away from football. I wanted to travel a bit, but that hasn't been possible with the pandemic. I'm not sure what I'm going to do next."

Lucas Digne claims Valverde 'had a hard time talking to Messi' as he compares him to Luis Enrique

“I didn’t have any connection. He was not a good communicator and it was noticeable. He even had a hard time talking to 

 has said in an interview with L’Equipe of 

Digne had spent two seasons at Camp Nou before moving to 

The Frenchman played his first season at Barca under the guidance of 

, making 26 appearances across all competitions.

“We only talked about tactics for five or ten minutes, but it was exactly what happened during the matches on the weekend. When you have coaches who are like this, it’s easier to be a player,” Lucas added on Enrique.

Digne's playing time was reduced to 20 appearances under Valverde so no wonder he rates Enrique above Ernesto.

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This man lost only 1 game in la liga season. Guys, show some respect!

Rex Kirkpatrick

make you feel winning la Liga is nothing with Messi, Suarez, Neymar first year, Rakitic, please before you people compare coaches first look at what they have available,with all this players we still lost 4-0 to Liverpool 3-0 to Roman,is better for us to rebuild and Valverde can not do that.

Shola Olatunde

Who’s comparing coaches and who’s asking for Valverde now???... just pointing out how our level has dropped as a club over the years... pls comprehend before commenting wai.

Faisal88

check your facts well .....valvade didn't work with neymer ....he only met neymer on their pre-season  in the USA ....neymer left Barca in the beginning of laliga that was the reasons why we bought dembele and coutinho...the truth be told valvade did a marvelous job at camp nu ....

jacob rauf

@shollysax, Neymar had never played under Valvede except that friend match against Man United, and remember Valvede left Barcelona  at the top of the la Liga Table, after that Setien team lost the first spot in la liga from that moment up to now Barcelona have never lead the La liga table plus that 8-2 humiliation.

Jovinary Maximillian

What are you trying to say, he’s a bad coach or our team was better than now?

Ariii

is not a bad coach,but team that he inherited was better than this present team.

thanks,but still Valverde has better players to use than all that have come behind him, but Valverde is a good coach,just that barca need to rebuild we can win forever.

Of course was better, but this one will be good just give them some time

Bro neymar didn't play for Valverde... It was the same squad setien had and misused them.. We were topping the group in all competitions at the time they sacked him which was wrong.

Phether Hossas

This man made us feel winning Laliga is nothing...now we r struggling for top four!!... Thank you Valverde... despite the shortfalls, I made us champions for all the years u’ve been with us...

dembele is the keeper and same time defender !

and also every other players legs was tied up ,only dembele was playing....

only in Barcelona I saw plastic fans attributing the failure of a whole team that was leading 4 .0 down to a single player ...

u should cover ur face bro....

Adebayo Michael

Well,his last minute miss from the first leg saw us out and you can’t argue more on that

Kentro Lee

so it was Dembele that squandered 3-0 lead?and who told you that if Dembele score that goal and makes it 4-0 that Barcelona will not still loss?

so, if Dembele missed a goal in 3:0 win, you must go on to lose 4:0?

what's this? I don't like Dembele, but some points are out of place

Tay King

How do you think it would have been possible for Liverpool to believe in a comeback after 4-0
But for 3-0 is much more possible and easier than coming back from 4-0 down,if y’all don’t get this point we  can just forget about it 
They played against us like it was a 2-0 deficit from the first leg and they started to believe in the comeback till it happened 

You can’t possibly believe coming back from a 4-0 had it been Dembele didn’t miss it could have been a nightmare for them to get properly into the game not to talk of scoring goals 

Well it’s past

What did dembele do how can a team surrender 3goals advantage it was the coach’s stupid statics and the player’s fault but not dembele

Phanuel Kwadwo Dzata

Dembele wasn't the keeper nor the defenders but he wasted 2 or 3 clear opportunities in the first leg game and me personally I wasn't happy then eventhough we won the game by 3 goals to 0. He was just a waste. Please go back and watch that game and you will see what I'm talking about.

Francis Dogbe Tsoekeku

that Dembele's dying minute miss. he had an option if giving it to Pique to score. Messi's reaction after d miss got me thinking d chance could prove something. my feelings never betrays me. it's a sad outcome. d whole team suffered d pain but everybody blamed Valverde. nobody blames players that couldn't score. even Messi could have scored a goal that night at anfield if he had just hit a particular ball straight, wanted to drift d ball to his left then place it into d net, unfortunately, d defender intercepted it

Sunday Oghene

For the Liverpool I won’t blame it much on the team’s performance or their mentality this time
As. It was Dembele who single handedly saw us out of the competition that year 

But Valverde wasn’t bad at all,look at how he just spilled the bean

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Valverde: 'We won two La Liga titles, but nothing is good enough for some people'

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