Josep Cubells, director responsible for Barça basketball, has defended that the club acted correctly in its decision not to sign point guard Thomas Heurtel, who came to travel to the Catalan capital to join the Barça discipline but was finally ruled out for the position. of Raul Neto, whose contract was terminated after a chain of injuries.
“Barça decided not to sign this man (Heurtel) and we would do it again. But the personal interests of his agent (Davi Carro) and the bad practices carried out have not managed to destabilize the team,” Cubells told the Catalan club’s media.
“The personal interests of his agent and the bad practices carried out have not managed to destabilize the team.”
A decision made “jointly” between the sports director, Juan Carlos Navarro, his deputy in the technical secretary, Mario Bruno Fernández, and Cubells himself “and also agreed upon with president Laporta, who agreed,” the manager revealed.
Josep Cubells has also defended the club’s decision to “remain silent” on this matter “and work so that the team was assembled and took this step forward”, an objective that, according to him, “has been achieved” and for which I wanted to congratulate the coach, Joan Peñarroya.
Josep Cubells, head of Barça basketball.
“Peñarroya is a person who takes charge, who manages the locker room very well, and is very hard-working. His purpose was to make the team grow and he encountered important problems, but today it is seen that he is solving them, for example with the definition of roles,” he commented on the Terrassa coach.
After the loss of Nico Laprovittola, with a long-term injury, the termination of Raul Neto and the non-signing of Thomas Heurtel, Barça continues to search the market in search of a point guard. The head of the section has admitted that, as the market is “today”, it is not going to be easy, but that the technical secretariat continues working on it. “If we find a player who can provide us with added value, the club would be in a position to acquire him,” he stated.
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