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Report: Barcelona Set 'Urgent Meeting' with Eric Abidal After Lionel Messi Post

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has reportedly called for an "urgent meeting" with Eric Abidal after team talisman Lionel Messi criticised the club's director of football for comments made in a recent interview.

RAC-1 (h/t Juan Jimenez of AS) reported Bartomeu has scheduled a "clear-the-air meeting" for when the Frenchman returns to Barcelona from a business trip on Wednesday afternoon, with "speculation already rife with those well connected with the club that Bartomeu may decide to call time on Abidal's tenure at FC Barcelona."

Abidal told Sport's Lluis Miguelsanz that "many players weren't satisfied or working a lot" towards the end of Ernesto Valverde's tenure, with the former coach having been replaced by Quique Setien in January.