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LONDON. — Eric Abidal has blasted Barcelona for the way they pushed him out of the club and even suggested they did not pay him when he was recovering from a liver transplant. The French defender who has been ever present for Monaco this season after Barcelona got rid of him in the summer suggesting he was no longer fit to play at the highest level has spoken out against the club.

A Barcelona source responded to these suggestions, telling AS: “Eric Abidal was paid in full under his contract and on time.

“Barça have been up to date at all moments, paying all the instalments. A part came from the medical insurers, although this part was very small.”

Abidal toldL’Equipe: “If Guardiola was still at Barça then I would probably have stayed. He is someone who appreciated me and we have stayed in contact. He is a wonderful coach.”

It was president Sandro Rosell who made the decision to get rid of Abidal who is now back in the France side and the defender said: “It was difficult to accept their decision. But what choice did I have?

“The things that Barça were saying in the press conference that they held to announce my departure did not make a lot of sense. — Mailonline.