Eric Abidal leaves Barcelona but plans to continue playing

The Football Club Barcelona don't offer a renovation for the Abidal's contract. This is because after his cancer intervention Abidal don't have the level that he had the lasts years. Now Abidal wants to continue playing football in another places. All the members of the Barcelona said that Abidal significate a lot for this actual team. He would have liked to have stayed and played on, but the club saw it differently and he have to respect their decision and leave the team to play in another places. 


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tearful:full of tears

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