Barcelona have sent Eric Abidal packing as sporting director

 The club made the announcement through a statement today, just a day after dismissing coach Quique Setien. Through the club’s website, it read:

“FC Barcelona and Eric Abidal have reached an agreement for the ending of the contract that united them.”

Similarly to Setien, Abidal, a former French international defender, Abidal has been held ransom following Barca’s end of a season of internal conflict by surrendering the La Liga title to Real Madrid and then suffering a humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

It was gathered that enraged supporters had hoped they would be held immediately but that seemed an impossibility, meaning that under-fire president Josep Maria Bartomeu will continue.

Details later…