Manchester City trying to lure Barcelona staff

The Barcelona president, Sandro Rosell, insists Manchester City have attempted to recruit a number of people from Camp Nou to the Etihad.

According to the president, the Premier League champions have not only tried to sign players from the club but also other employees. City have already brought former Barcelona directors Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano to the club as director of football and chief executive respectively.

“Manchester City have indeed launched an offensive to lure a number of people away from Barcelona,” Rosell told RAC1.

“We’re talking about people at all levels of the Barca structure, not just players. Their attempts have been unsuccessful, though, as our employees are happy here.

“There have been contacts, but we have a fantastic group of people and nobody wants to go.”

“I had hoped that he would not use the information he gathered about Barcelona during his time here to help another club become bigger, but he seems to disagree with me.

“I would like it if the relationship between both clubs was a bit better and more transparent.” Rossell added.

(Source – SkySports)