Ernesto Valverde admits Neymar’s transfer affecting Barcelona

Ernesto Valverde admits Neymar’s transfer affecting Barcelona- Barcelona coach, Ernesto Valverde, has reacted to his side’s 5-1 aggregate loss to Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup.

After losing 3-1 at Camp Nou last week, the Catalan giants were handed a 2-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night even without Real Madrid’s top players starting the game.

And Valverde admitted that the club have been rocked by a preseason transfer which saw them losing Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million.

The manager told his postgame news conference, “You will always encounter difficulties [in football].

“In three days you can run into trouble. There were things that happened in preseason that affected the balance within the team, things which we must correct, or work on to find another balance.

“There is nothing else to do than recover our spirits now and look forward. What we need to do is win. Everything changes with a victory.”