Barcelona midfielder Miralem Pjanic claims that “even Lionel Messi” didn’t understand Ronald Koeman’s attitude towards him during his time at the Camp Nou.
Pjanic spent most of last season on the bench after being overlooked by the Dutch coach and ended up leaving the club to join Besiktas on loan.
The midfielder admits he couldn’t spend another season on the sidelines and says that Messi used to ask him why he wasn’t playing.
“Besiktas wanted me strongly in the last days of the transfer market and I couldn’t stay in Barcelona with Koeman, I would have lost another year and I didn’t want to,” he said.