PUYOL REJECTS BARCELONA SPORTING DIRECTOR ROLE
Former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol says he has rejected the chance to rejoin the club as a sporting director. Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said this month he was hopeful of convincing Puyol to return to the Nou Camp to fill the role left vacant by Pep Segura, who departed by mutual consent in July. “After thinking about it a lot I decided not to accept the club’s offer,” Puyol, who spent his entire playing career at Barcelona between 1999…