Barcelona jet delayed as senior trio held ‘heated crisis meeting’ after Copa shock

Senior Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez held crisis talks after their Copa del Rey final defeat to Valencia last night.

AS says during the team bus ride to Seville airport, the three stars held an impromptu meeting about their the Copa loss and also their Champions League collapse at Liverpool.

Also sitting in on the summit was Pepe Costa, the player’s media manager and a close confidant of Messi’s.

It was a heated exchange which ran for 20 minutes. Indeed, after the remainder of the squad had departed the bus, the quartet remained for another ten minutes such was the intensity.

Such was the length of the meeting that Barca’s private jet delayed it’s take off as the three players and Costa were late checking in.