Quique Setien addressed rumors that Barcelona players already began to tune him out, saying he has a good relationship with his players.

"I don't know what the basis is for saying we don't have control of the dressing room. We are delighted with the dressing room we have found here. There are no problems. I thought it would be more difficult than it is. The players accept everything [asked of them] with an extraordinary attitude," said Setien before Barcelona's match against Real Sociedad.

Setien added that some players have taken to his tactics quicker than others, though that was to be expected.

"Like in any walk of life, you have to earn [the players'] confidence. When you have a curriculum like many of these guys -- who have been winning everything for years, doing things so well for so long -- and someone new comes in, you are always looking at what they can add.

"Some [players] are convinced [by you] quicker, others can take longer. That's part of life and my job: earning their confidence and transmitting to them that my knowledge can help. Everything happening is normal and maybe you [the media] are looking for more than there is, but there's nothing there."