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Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | FC Barcelona on Tuesday confirmed that sporting director Eric Abidal has left the club less than 24 hours after Quique Setien was sacked as team coach. The club gave the news in a communique which reads “FC Barcelona and Eric Abidal have reached an agreement …

Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Lionel Messi has hit back at Barcelona sporting director Eric Abidal after the Frenchman blamed slackness in the dressing room for the departure of recently-fired coach Ernesto Valverde. In an interview with Spanish daily Sport Abidal said that under Valverde, who was sacked in mid-January, many players had been unhappy, …