Barcelona have lost one of their star figures of recent years in the shape of Luis Suarez, and former Atletico Madrid striker Hugo Sanchez has been hugely critical of the club for allowing him to leave.
He points in particular to the Uruguayan's friendship with Lionel Messi as a key reason to keep hold of him.
"They made a mistake letting him go, if they want him to be smiling in training, they need to give him a shell to protect him," Sanchez told Radio MARCA.
"Messi feels comfortable with people who understand and accompany him, if you take Suarez away you're going to affect Messi as well as Suarez.
"If you have Suarez as your right-hand man and no left-hand man, you can't let him go."
Sanchez was clearly unimpressed by the decision which leaves Messi isolated only weeks after expressing his unhappiness at the club.
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sometimes football is too complicated! wen Barca was defeated 2:8 by Bayern alot of things have been said, they players are old Barca need to offload some aged players there are wasting time and money on old players they need to bring fresh blood in. now they have started any people are complaining, adjusting a team like Barca is not that simple Suarez is a great player is not that easy to replace but we have to try wer is Ronaldinho, Puyol, Xavi , Iniesta, Alves etc, there are not here but life goes on.... Visca el Barça !