Coeman: Mess is the past and you can't live in the past.

Barcelona coach Ronald Coeman has described Leonel Mess's departure as very painful, but has said they cannot live with the past but live with today to achieve targets.

It's been a traumatic summer in Barcelona, since the biggest player in club history, Messy, has left to move to Paris Saint-Germain later.

Messi left behind a team mired in uncertainty and they started amid this uncertainty season 2021/22 on Sunday in Camp Nou to Real Socied.

Koeman hopes to improve in contrast to last season, when Barca won Copa del Rey, but ended up in third place in La League and was eliminated at 1/16 by the Champions League.

Messi's departure has spoken of exactly the Dutch coach Coeman, who has said that the Argentinian belongs to the past.

I think that in general the separation of the Mess is painful for all Catalonians”, Koeman for Mundo Deportivo has originally said.

I understand what Messy has done for this club and the type of player he is. We miss him because he's a very important player in the history of Barcelona”.

But you don't want to live in the past. These things happen. Players change clubs and introduce new players. We have a future and I'm excited. I hope we have the help and enthusiasm of the Catalans”.

“Mess is the past and you can't live in the past, you have to live today and tomorrow, and work hard to achieve what we want to achieve”, the Dutch concluded.