- The club named the inexperienced Quique Setien as its new head coach last week after the sacking of Ernesto Valverde.
- "Barcelona recruits no name coaches," Simon Kuper, a sports journalist with close ties to the Spanish giants, wrote for ESPN. "At this club, the coach isn't the boss."
- He added: "Messi has unspoken veto power over most player transfers, coach appointments or major tactical decision[s]."
- Kuper says he based his conclusion on "dozens of conversations with club officials."
- Barcelona did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
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Lionel Messi has more power at FC Barcelona than the "no name coaches" it appoints, according to a club insider.
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