Miralem Pjanic lashes out at Ronald Koeman for disrespecting him at Barcelona

Miralem Pjanic lashes out at Ronald Koeman for disrespecting him at Barcelona

Miralem Pjanic lashes out at Ronald Koeman for disrespecting him at Barcelona

Miralem Pjanic has criticized Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman for disrespecting him after leaving the club on loan for Besiktas.

Koeman only played Pjanic minimally in his maiden campaign with Barca, despite the fact that the midfielder had shown himself as a great player in Serie A. It created a difficult scenario that was just recently addressed, with Pjanic committing to a loan move to Besiktas.

Pjanic, now aired his views on the issue at Barca, delivering a statement to the Marca in which he is severely caustic of Koeman.

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What did Miralem Pjanic say?

What did Miralem Pjanic say?
What did Miralem Pjanic say?

When being asked about being disrespected at the club Miralem Pjanic said, “The coach, yes. I couldn’t get used to the situation I faced last year. I knew I didn’t want it. I’m a player. I love playing football, this is what makes me happy”.

Pjanic joined Barcelona in 2020 for an estimated €60 million, but he failed to impress. Pjanic appeared in 30 matches throughout all competitions, but just 13 of them were starts. He failed to register a single goal or provide any assist throughout the season.

“I always wanted to play for Barca but I didn’t expect the situation to get so complicated. 

“There was a point that I was playing less, things were getting complicated. And when I played it was difficult physically and mentally to be well, because it was killing my confidence, because I had no communication with [Koeman]. 

“It was very strange because a coach is the one who says who plays and who doesn’t, but there are different ways to do things. I am a player who can accept everything but I would always like to be told things face to face. Not As if nothing happened and I was 15 years old,” added Pjanic.

Pjanic went on to continue that “I’ve honestly asked myself a lot of times, wondering what I did wrong. Maybe he didn’t like that I said I wanted to play more public.

“But any coach would say ‘okay, this is a competition and I like to hear that. That might be it, but I’d have liked him to tell me to my face that I wasn’t for him. It didn’t exist though and I don’t understand him. It’s complicated because it’s the first time it’s happened to me and I’ve never seen behaviour like that before.”

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