Published 17:12 IST, February 6th 2020

Zinedine Zidane has his say on the current problems at Barcelona amid Messi-Abidal rift

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane does not believe that Barcelona's performance will be affected by the unrest between Lionel Messi and Eric Abidal.

Reported by: Abhishek Shetty
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Zinedine Zidane has always been Barcelona's opponent.  He was ir opponent during his playing days for Real Madrid and he is ir opponent when he is managing Los Blancos. However, his rivalry with Barcelona has never made him disrespect club or question ir standards. Zinedine Zidane expressed his views about recent feud between Lionel Messi and Barcelona's director of football Eric Abidal. Things took a turn for worst between Messi and Abidal after  director's recent comments on sacking of Ernesto Valverde as Barcelona's manr. 

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Zinedine Zidane on Messi and Abidal's situation

Zinedine Zidane does t believe that Barcelona's performance will be affected by rift between Messi and Abidal. When asked if Real Madrid can take advant of on-going situation in Barcelona during El Clasico, Zidane replied by saying, "It's never like that, it's t about that. y're t going to be weak, y're a very competitive team. We're t thinking about that for one minute. y will compete with us until end of season. Good players are always good."

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problem between Messi and Abidal looks quite serious. re are reports that Barcelona skipper can leave club at end of season. Former Barca winger Francisco Jose 'Lobo' Carrasco also believes that Lionel Messi can leave his childhood club as he is t happy with manment. Lionel Messi has always been a loyal servant of Barcelona and everyone expects him to end his career at Camp u. However, it does t take long for things to change in football and anything can happen.

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Zinedine Zidane's presser before Real Madrid's Cop Del Rey clash against Real Sociedad

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17:12 IST, February 6th 2020