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Barcelona remove director Gratacos after Messi remarks

Barcelona sack Pere Gratacos after Messi comments

Barcelona removed Pere Gratacos as their institutional sporting relations director on Friday after he claimed that Lionel Messi "would not be as good" without his teammates.

The club acted swiftly after Gratacos had made his comments about the man regarded widely as the world's best player following Friday's King's Cup draw in Madrid.

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