Andoni Zubizarreta, former sporting director at FC Barcelona, explained in an interview with El Periodico why he thought the club fired him.

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"My exit at Barcelona was not a question of professionalism. Nor for a question of work. Nor for the squad nor a lack of involvement. My exit was to do with football politics, somewhere I don't do too well. The truth is, I don't know how to operate in the dark side of politics or football. Not then, or now. It may be one of my weaknesses."

Zubizarreta also revealed how he has felt since being sacked. "After a tough year, I an say that football has brought me out of disenchantment and disappointment. Football has taken me out of the cold, solitude, the mud I was in since January 5 (2015). Because what nobody can imagine is how lonely I was that day. Not because Barcelona sacked me, but because it was me against the greatness that represents Barça."

Of the signing of Luis Suarez, Zubi said he pictured him woking well with Neymar and Messi. "I thought that it would work, yes. We never finished up like some said, with three roosters in the same house complicating things."