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Just recently, Barcelona's icon, Carles Puyol, talked to the Independent about his professional career, life at La Masia, his teammates and much more.

But one other thing he discussed was his potential return to the club and Blaugrana's decisions on Victor Valdes.

What did he say?

Puyol is Blaugrana through and through.

The now 41-year-old former centre-back played a total of 593 games for Barcelona throughout his career and even managed to bag 19 goals and 13 assists in the process.

Needless to say, he won a plethora of silverware for his cabinet during his stay at the Catalan capital and is still highly regarded within the club.

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Recently, however, as he explained to the Independent as well, he declined a business proposition from Barcelona, stating that now is not the right time for him to return.

But he also commented on the club's decision to sack Valdes, another former player of the club, shortly after his initial appointment. And if his words are anything go by, Puyol thinks that the focus of the club might be in the wrong place.

Here's what he said in full:

"This was not the right moment [to come back]. Perhaps one day, but I am developing other projects. I firmly believe in education through sports, that you can learn empathy, resilience, the skills to face adversity. I’m not sure of the reasons why Victor was fired, but it is not easy working with the young teams of Barcelona. People focus on results but we need to focus on training our young players."

A hidden message

Puyol was never the one to mince words.

If there's something on his mind, he will say it out loud - that was his approach on the pitch, strong, aggressive and brave - and that's the approach he takes in life as well.

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And even though he doesn't know what the reason behind Valdes' sacking was, he does seem to believe Barcelona are currently focusing on the wrong things with their emphasis on the results.

Of course, the results are everything that matters at the end of the day and modern football doesn't give clubs or coaches a chance to risk results in favour of youth development.

This does make things a lot more difficult for any young player but it also makes life difficult for the coaches in question.

Valdes had the right idea but that clearly wasn't on the same page as Barcelona's view of how things should work.

Puyol maybe didn't say anything directly to the Catalans but his refusal to go back, which we already discussed before, and this critique may speak louder than his recent words.

Let's see what happens in the future.