Ilaix Moriba has no plans to leave Barcelona any time soon. The only eighteen-year-old central midfielder has recently received offers from Manchester United and RB Leipzig, but according to Mundo Deportivo in both cases the offer has been pushed aside by the top talent. Moriba feels comfortable with the work side of trainer Ronald Koeman and is therefore insensitive to the call from the Premier League and Bundesliga.
The aforementioned newspaper refers to the words that Moriba spoke to Koeman on Wednesday evening after Barcelona’s miraculous 3-0 cup victory over Seville, which meant that the Catalans reached the final battle in the Copa del Rey. “Thanks for the confidence”, the young midfielder is said to have said to his coach. In addition, writes Mundo Deportivo that Moriba ‘does not want to miss the party that Koeman has organized in the Barcelona dressing room’. In the dressing room of the Catalan superpower, age is not considered and the music is selected by the younger guard, so it sounds from Spain.
Koeman gets compliments for not going back to throwing young players to the lions at Barcelona, with Pedri, Ansu Fati, Riqui Puig, Ronald Araújo and Óscar Mingueza in addition to Moriba. The coach has even been compared to club icon Carles Puyol. “He sets the rules and is therefore really the leader of the team. Koeman also knows the code of the dressing room. Nobody wants to miss Koeman’s party. Under his leadership, the admission ticket is determined by the attitude of the players. Age plays with him. no role whatsoever. “
Moriba, who, like Gareth Bale, is assisted by agent Jonathan Barnett, has an ongoing contract with Barcelona until mid-2022. The midfielder made his debut against Cornellà in January (0-2 victory) in the second round of the Copa del Rey. After the cup victory, the Spanish media were lyrical about Moriba and the talent from Guinea has even been compared to Paul Pogba and Yaya Touré.
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