Setien to Messi: ''If you don't like what I say, there's the door''

Barcelona's match away to Celta Vigo last season revealed the lack of harmony between Quique Setien and his players, with Lionel Messi even ignoring the instructions of assistant coach Eder Sarabia during a cooling break. Now, Setien has disclosed what he told Messi on that day.

"If you don't like what I say, there's the door," Setien told Messi, according to the programme Que T'hi Jugues. The answer came because Messi did not like the tone with which he addressed the players to reproach them for the mistakes that had resulted in Barcelona drawing at Balaidos.

The Argentine asked the coach, according to the radio station, to respect for players, who have won absolutely everything and who have a much broader track record than Setien. It was at this point that Setien replied to Messi. The Barcelona captain did not respond to the 62-year-old and simply smiled at him in a compassionate way.

This anecdote has come to light after a weekend in which Setien discussed his time at Barcelona. "Messi is difficult to manage, but who am I to change him?" he said to Vicente del Bosque for a piece in El Pais. "He's very reserved but he makes you see the things that he wants. He doesn't talk much, but he looks."