Eric Abidal’s latest confession reveals that the on-going saga in Barcelona is complicated. The confession came at a time when he was clarifying that he had resigned and had not been thrown off. The Frenchman had been serving as Barca’s technical director since 2018 but left the club on Tuesday, in spite of having complete backing of the board! Abidal had been in the spotlight and not in a positive way since the Barca’s 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. The 40-year-old released an open letter recently, giving reasons behind him leaving the club. He said that he had been trying to make changes which he considered important for the first team but despite conviction and perseverance, wasn’t able to succeed.