EXCLUSIVE: Secret meeting between Bartomeu and Zubizarreta

EXCLUSIVE: Secret meeting between Bartomeu and Zubizarreta

Josep Maria Bartomeu met in secret with former sporting director of Barcelona, Andoni Zubizarreta. THe encounter took place away from the club's officies, in Cafe Turo, a restaurant in Barcelona on Tenor Vinas. The meeting was discreet, but lasted an hour and a half. 

This is the first time they have met since Zubi was sacked on January 5, 2015. The decision to get rid of Zubi was taken by the president after Barcelona's capitulation at Anoeta against Real Sociedad. Two months later, Bartomeu called elections. 

Since he left Barcelona, Zubi has kept a prudent silence, which he eventually broke in January 2016 with a Marca interview. For now, the motives behind the meeting are unknown, although the relationship between them has been cordial despite the president sacking Zubi after "losing confidence" in him.