Ronald Koeman's future at Barcelona is still up in the air, and it's fair to say the Dutchman's management team aren't too happy about that.
Koeman was brought in by Barca at the end of last season, taking over from Quique Setien, following the club's first trophyless season in 12 years and after the embarrassing 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich.
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For a while it looked like Koeman's first season would be a disaster but he turned things around and won the Copa del Rey, although the team did mess up their title chase of Atletico Madrid.
Despite the improvement, the former Everton manager's future is still in doubt. He has already held talks with the club where he was kept on but that isn't the end of things.
On Friday, club president Joan Laporta incredible told a press conference that the current boss isn't his choice saying, "Yes, I told Koeman that you are not my favourite coach, give me time to find an alternative and if I don't find one - you can continue."
Following on from that incredible comment, Koeman's management team took to Twitter to reply, obviously unhappy by what was said, before it was quickly deleted.
You can't really blame them, or Koeman, if they're absolutely fuming about the whole situation.
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Obviously there's an argument for the Dutchman losing his job, as there is for him keeping it, but surely you give him some sort of clarity.
Instead Laporta is going to try and sign his prefered coach and if not then the current man can keep his job, that seems unbelievably unfair.
It wasn't only the manager's future that Laporta discussed on Friday, with fans still none the wiser whether or not Lionel Messi will stay beyond this summer or leave.
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The six time Ballon d'Or winner wanted to leave last summer and his contract is set to expire in July and he hasn't yet signed a new deal.
The president hinted the club captain would be on less money if he stayed but was somewhat positive about the chances, saying, "Leo deserves much more, and could earn more elsewhere. I'm convinced he values the effort we're making and would like to stay. Leo is not about money, but a team which can win everything. I am moderately optimistic."
"There is a lot of expectation surrounding his continuation. The new contract is going well but it is not done yet. The executives we have involved here are working hard to give him a good proposal, but one that is in our financial means.
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