Barcelona captain Sergi Roberto has spoken publicly on the controversy surrounding star midfielder Ilkay Gundogan and Ronald Araujo, declaring it a non-issue.
Days ahead of El Clasico, much of the talk in Can Barca has been about a rift between Gundogan and Araujo, after the former called out Araujo and others for their mistakes in their defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. Araujo then fuelled those rumours by declining to give an opinion on Gundogan’s words, ‘in order to respect his codes and values’.
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Roberto confirmed there had been no ‘clear the air’ meeting between the two, and also claimed that Barcelona were keen for him to stay, beyond the end of his contract this summer.
“No meeting has been necessary because we are already together in the dressing room every day. It has been talked about, of course, mostly because of what has been generated outside, but to clarify that there is no problem with anyone. We are family.”
“I have read that the team is divided…far from it. Don’t look for problems where there aren’t any, the team is very united,” he commented to Movistar+, as carried by Diario AS.
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