The uncomfortable stone in the shoe of the new Barça

BarcelonaAs reported by 'Mundo Deportivo', Mike James does not accept Barça's retraction and threatens to take the Catalan club to court. The AS Monaco player signed a contract with the Catalan club, but the Culer entity wanted to retract the decision when they learned that Xavi Pascual would leave Barcelona. The coach from Gavà, who will pay his termination clause to move to Dubai Basket, was the main advocate for the North American player.

Joan Laporta, who took office on Tuesday, has begun to rethink Barça's basketball section. The president of the Catalan club wants to make structural changes that will affect the organization. After relocating Josep Cubells, the responsible director, the Culer leader plans to remove Joan Carles Navarro, the general manager, from the section. Navarro, to whom Josep Maria Bartomeu signed a ten-year contract, still has one more year agreed, but Laporta plans to replace him.

Barça's intention is to bring in Xevi Pujol as technical secretary and Paolo Galbiati as coach, but now Kosner Baskonia, which did not count on them, wants to profit from their departures. The Culer president also analyzes the role that Mario Fernández and Jordi Trias should have in the new organization.

Barça's budget, which has already closed the signings of Moses Wright, Josh Nebo, Olivier Nkamhoua, Justin Robinson, and Agustín Ubal, will grow from 28 to 37 million euros. Umoja Gibson, Timothee Luwawu-Cabarrot, and Isaac Bonga are also on the Culer roadmap. Furthermore, the section, which has had four coaches in the last three seasons, will also make changes to the technical staff, as Òscar Orellana will leave with Xavi Pascual for Dubai.

Madrid fishes in Valencia

Valencia Basket, for its part, made official the departure of Pedro Martínez and Jaime Pradilla. Real Madrid has paid the termination clause for both. The white team dismissed Sergio Scariolo on Thursday. "I was asked to return Real Madrid to a place of prestige in Europe. One year later I can say that we have achieved it," said the Italian coach.