Revealed: The cliques in the Barcelona dressing room as tension rises between Ilkay Gundogan and Ronald Araujo
Following Ilkay Gundogan’s criticism of his Barcelona teammates, there has been plenty of talk about how the German’s words went down with ‘sections of the dressing room’. Now it has been revealed how those sections are usually divided, although not necessarily regarding the tension between Ronald Araujo and Gundogan.
The groups, naturally, tend to be divided by age and nationality as a general rule, the largest being the Spanish-speaking group, consisting of Marcos Alonso, Pedri, Gavi, Ferran Torres and Inigo Martinez.
Meanwhile the young players who have recently risen to the senior side tend to stick together, say Sport, with Pau Cubarsi, Hector Fort, Marc Guiu, Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, third-choice goalkeeper Ander Astralaga and Marc Casado forming a more timid group. Lamine Yamal and Cubarsi, as well as Fermin and Gavi, are believed to be particularly close due to their friendships formed at La Masia.
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