Barcelona sporting director on Ilkay Gundogan’s comments: “It has been solved in the locker room”

The bitter taste of Barcelona’s El Clasico defeat still lingers as the Catalans now find themselves in fourth place, in a game that they should have won.

In the days since the game, there has been a lot of chatter about Ilkay Gundogan’s statements to the press following the result, which seem to have been blown out of proportion in the media.

The German midfielder, who scored Barcelona’s goal in the crucial fixture showed his leadership and winning spirit even in the press conference after the game, where he said that a loss like this should upset the team more.

He believed that they should not accept such results and mask it with the fact that they dominated the game, and that he did not come to Barcelona to lose such games.

What the German veteran said was absolutely spot on, and addressed the culture of accepting mediocrity that has run rampant in the past few years, however, there has been a narrative of false tension that has been generated after the fact.

Deco addresses the issue

Barcelona’s sporting director Deco was asked to comment on the situation at the premier of Rakuten TV’s documentary about former Barcelona player Bojan Krkic, detailing the rapid fall from highs to lows and why he never made it at the top level.

The Portuguese remarked that: “The Gundogan thing has been discussed and resolved with the locker room.”

Not much left to the imagination, and hopefully this will shut down rumours that Gundogan’s comments have caused any friction.

The German took the armband as Manchester City captain last season and played a pivotal role in their historic treble-winning season.

For this Barcelona team, which is a youth-centric project that is still finding its feet, it would be best to take notes on how Gundogan approaches games and how to maintain a winning mentality.