Eric Abidal has kept his job at Barcelona despite upsetting the club's most important player Lionel Messi.
Barcelona's Technical Secretary had a two-hour meeting with president Josep Bartomeu on Wednesday night and was told his job was safe.
Meanwhile Messi’s spectacular fall-out with Abidal is unlikely to pave the way for a last-ditch bid to bring him to the Premier League from Manchester City.
Messi has a contract until 2021 at Barcelona but with a clause that means he can leave for nothing at the end of the season if he is unhappy.
The very public row between the two men has left Barcelona sweating on Messi’s commitment beyond the summer and City have always been the club most likely to sign him should he ever move to England.
But they are not optimistic his social media spat with Abidal over the insinuation that the players got previous coach Ernesto Valverde the sack, changes much.
Messi, 32, is more likely to use his contractual freedom to his benefit, with presidential elections probable in the summer and candidates going out of their way to make changes that will keep him at the club.
Changes that will include another attempt to re-sign the Brazilian, Neymar.
It’s understood president Bartomeu spoke to Messi before his meeting with Abidal and that tensions at the club have eased.
Barcelona’s problems will now return to the pitch. They have two difficult away games – on Thursday in the cup in Bilbao, and in the league against Betis at the weekend.