""I like the Barça coach, I think he's a decent person, but I heard what Luis said and I think it was blown out of proportion. De la Fuente certainly didn't mean to offend him.""
""I'm not going to give him any advice. Everyone does what they want with their life. The responsibility lies with him, his entourage, his coach, and the club.""
""It's too early to say, although Madrid and Barça are always the two main contenders for the title. "Luis Aragones, who was not only a friend of mine but also a phenomenon, used to say - the first half of the season is about being there, calm, without rushing or stressing. "The first part of the second half is about positioning yourself, and in the last seven or eig""
Javier Clemente described the club-versus-country debate as complicated and said the dispute over Lamine Yamal's national-team absence was exaggerated. He defended Luis de la Fuente, asserting the Spain coach did not intend to offend Barcelona's coach and that reactions were overblown. Clemente acknowledged Yamal's meteoric rise and resulting public scrutiny of off-field behaviour. He declined to give personal advice to Yamal and stated that responsibility rests with the player, his entourage, coach, and club. Clemente added that Real Madrid and Barcelona remain the primary La Liga title contenders and recounted Luis Aragonés's seasonal pacing advice.
Read at Barca Universal
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