Barcelona president Joan Laporta refused to comment on Samuel Etoo's inflammatory comments from this afternoon, but his former number two, Sandro Rosell spoke at length.
It all began with the "two groups" theory mooted by Etoo, something that hasn't been heard since Rossel left the club eighteen months ago.
"I do not have any idea," said a clearly amused Rosell in an interview with RAC-1. "I believe there is only one group, and that is Barcelona, so I don't know what he is talking about."
Etoo has also suggested that Rossel did not greet him during the one year that they were at Barcelona together. However, the former Barca vice-president denied the accusation
"It is the first time that I heard this," replied Rosell. "I am clearly not happy, because he says I did not greet him, which I always did.
"I will have to ask him. He says I was the one who controlled the sporting decision, which is correct, as I did. However, I allways greeted him."
Having responded to allegations, he went on to avoid further confrontation, and suggested that everyone just needed to calm down.
"He is returning from an injury. He is an exceptional player, and Barcelona need him. He is tense and has a lot of adrenaline, that's it. He just needs to calm his tone down."
He then went on to take another shot at friend turned foe Laporta: "I have head some declarations from him as well that were made in the wrong tone. They all need to calm down. We have to think about Barça. There is still a lot to play for."
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