Sid Lowe reports
“It feels a bit strange, but here we are,”
said Ernesto Valverde, the only one of
the four coaches travelling to Saudi
Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup to
publicly say that there was something not
quite right about it.
He might not have launched a furious
attack on the format or the choice of
location, and nor did he engage in a
deep discussion of human rights, but
on the eve of his side’s first game – which
turned out to be his last – Barcelona’s
boss raised doubts. “It’s not the same
as playing at home,” he commented.
Perhaps he could feel it; maybe some
part of him suspected that something
was wrong. Yet even he, long since
tired of what was happening at the
club, wondering if he had made the
right decision to continue, could nevereye
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