Julien Laurens

You probably have been in those dinners or lunches or breakfast or barbecues, whatever.

Does this kind of things really work at that level?

I know.

Probably not.

I always wonder that.

Because obviously the former has been good in the league.

They're still one point behind Barca, but the performances haven't been great since Arbeloa took over.

Let's see.

Let's see what happens at the weekend, I guess.

Yeah, he gave a big interview in a Spanish newspaper, I think Mundo Deportivo, this week to talk about it.

Remember after the Chelsea defeat, I think it was in the Champions League, where he was sent off and Barca lost heavily.

He decided to take some time away from the game for mental health issues.

And he explained very well, I thought in the interview, he spoke really well about he always had anxiety that turned into depression after that game, especially.

And after all the backlash that he got on social media, especially, he said like, you know, people saying they wanted to kill my daughters and that I could not cope with.

And I don't think anybody would cope well with that anyway.

So he said for 18 months already before all of this happened, he was a bit struggling.

And I was really glad, and I don't know if every club would do the same, but that Barcelona were very supportive, the players were very supportive, the coaching staff very supportive, his family as well, to say, take as much time as you want or you need to come back in a healthier way.

And he did so, and I think he's done well since coming back.

He scored a few goals too.

He defended well.