Barcelona fans have taken to social networking site, Twitter to hit out at the club's assistant coach, Eder Sarabia after a tweet from 2015 emerged where he called the Catalan's talisman, Lionel Messi's great rival, Cristiano Ronaldo as the "best goalscorer".
Sarabia's role in manager, Quique Setien's staff has come under the scanner in recent times after it was reported that Messi and him are not on good terms and the Argentinian was not keen to take instructions from the Spaniard.
Now a tweet from Sarabia has emerged which read, "There has never been a goalscorer like Cristiano [Ronaldo]," and it is something which the Catalan fans have not appreciated with many criticising his statement.
“What a crack are you Eder,” one fan wrote, while another commented saying, "Please leave the club".
Despite such reports of a riff between him and Messi emerging off late, Sarabia had nothing but nice things to say about the six-time Ballon d'Or winner during an Instagram Live session.
“Messi is perhaps the best athlete of all time, and the best footballer. It’s amazing, because of his knowledge of the game, because of his execution, it’s a privilege to work with him. Until you’re inside the dressing room and know them then you don’t fully understand how they are. There are a lot of things behind each of them," he said.
It will be interesting to see whether Sarabia and Setien are still part of the coaching staff at the club come the end of the season as there has been speculation that the legendary Xavi has accepted the offer to become their manager next season.
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