Gullit: Koeman gave up everything to come to Barcelona, but at the wrong time

Live Bar February 5, 2019 Dutch football star Gullit recently accepted an exclusive interview with the "Marca Newspaper", he expressed his views on many topics in football.

About Messi's Argentine national team was nominated for the Lawrence Best Team Award

It was a rather important achievement for Messi, who took a long time to win the Copa America with Argentina.

About Pedri was nominated for the Lawrence Best Breakthrough Award

Pedri is a very good player and also very young, I think they did let Pedri play too many games and he didn't get a holiday. He has to play for multiple teams and now he has suffered multiple injuries. It's often thought that young players can play all the time, but that's not the case, especially at the highest level.

On whether it is unfair for Koeman to leave Barca

Yes, it is indeed unfair. We all know what happened in the Barca presidential election and every new club president wants to meddle in matters like the appointment of the team's manager. After changing the club's president, Koeman has no chance at Barca. The reason I feel unfair is because not much has changed since he left. Barca are going through a transition period. I think Barça fans know how to judge Koeman's job, he gave up everything to come to Barca, but came to this club at the wrong time.

About Frankie De Jong and Depay

A year ago, I had some criticism of the way Frankie De Jong played, and I hope he doesn't stop moving. I think Barca are looking for their roots, betting on young players. I don't know if Frankie De Jong and Depay will fall prey to this process, but I hope they will succeed because they are all very good players.

Regarding the more optimistic about Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid promotion

The Paris Saint-Germain players have excellent individual qualities, but as a whole they have not played as well as they might have imagined. However, it will be very difficult to win against Real Madrid if they do not maintain the same pace, because their defenders and midfielders need to do a lot of work.

On whether Messi, Neymar and Mbappe are the best offensive tridents in the world

That's true on paper, but we haven't seen it yet. The player I admire the most is Kylian Mbappe, who is unhappy with the fact that he wants to play at Real Madrid, but continues to show a very high standard with goals. I also love Neymar, I've seen him many times and he's a really great lad. As for Messi, he hasn't found the standard of his time at Barca, but I hope he can quickly regain his "magic".

On whether Mbappe can be the best player in the world

I think so. Despite being caught up in the rumours of leaving the squad, Mbappe still plays well and keeps scoring goals, which means he has a strong mental quality.

About Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

I think we should feel lucky to have Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they are the two "monsters" of football, always so different.

(Two monsters)