\u201cIn football, circumstances are what dictate, although from a personal and footballing point of view, I believe Fermun should not leave the club,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\nFormerly an assistant to the late Tito Vilanova, Jordi Roura briefly served as Barcelona\u2019s caretaker manager from January 2013 to March 2013. He continued serving as the assistant of Gerardo Martino.<\/p>\n
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Fermin\u2019s future uncertain. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Roura then took up the role of team coordinator of Barcelona B and was involved in the role for seven years before leaving in 2021.<\/p>\n
Putting himself in Hansi Flick\u2019s shoes, Roura added that Fermin brings a lot to the table, and the club may find it difficult to find someone like him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I were Hansi Flick, Fermin wouldn\u2019t leave, not even as a joke. I would grab him and never let him go. There are no players like Ferm\u00edn on the market. <\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to find players with his technique and goalscoring ability. And he\u2019s also a player who brings a great fighting spirit,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\nRoura went on to add that Fermin should be a starter at Barcelona. \u201cFrom a sporting perspective, I think there\u2019s no debate. Fermin is an undisputed player. For me, he\u2019s the starting midfielder. Olmo is a great player, but he\u2019s had injuries.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nFurther explaining his stance, Roura pointed out that Fermin\u2019s presence makes tactical sense for Barcelona.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I want Fermin to stay, it is not because he is from La Masia, because in professional football, what counts is performance, and Ferm\u00edn has shown that he has given a great performance. <\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cIf the home team does not perform, they do not play and end up out. People want to win, and that is why those from La Masia must perform, and that is what they have been doing in recent years,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\nJordi Roura added that patience will be important for Barcelona as they look to realise the full potential of Fermin Lopez.<\/p>\n
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Jordi Roura in conversation with Gerardo Martino (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
\u201cBar\u00e7a has to be patient with its players, which is why it invests in the youth team. When a player has talent and understands the game well, even if his physical condition doesn\u2019t match up in the youth team, you have to wait, and that\u2019s what we did with Ferm\u00edn because we believed in him<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\u201cI always told the coaches that Fermin had to play, because we have to give continuity to players with this talent and wait for their moment,\u201d<\/strong> he added. <\/p>\nHowever, the former coach does understand Barcelona\u2019s position and the economic importance of closing a big sale by the end of the month.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they had asked me, I would have asked for \u20ac120 million. If this happens, then we have to accept it, but having said that, I think we have to remember that in football, not everything is about money,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\nFinally, putting everything into perspective, Roura said that the most logical solution is for Fermin to continue at Barcelona.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bar\u00e7a style suits Fermin; he\u2019s in a city he knows and at a club he loves. Chelsea has 500 players on its payroll, and everything needs to be considered, although I understand the decision isn\u2019t easy. <\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI think the club has done wrong by asking for a lot of money because they need to put obstacles in the way of this exit,\u201d<\/strong> he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ongoing speculation linking Fermin Lopez with a late move to Chelsea has led to quite the chatter…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":186445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1386,4444,461,5728,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-186444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-chelsea","11":"tag-fermin-lopez","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115115950466371681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}