Gombau said the player had telephoned him not long after he was announced as Adelaide's coach for a two-year term on Tuesday.
But Gombau would not reveal the player's name. Nor was he specific as to whether his caller was still on Barca's books.
"Now there is one player from Barcelona that played for many years and he told me `Josep, I want to come with you to Adelaide'," Gombau said from Hong Kong yesterday.
This is going to end badly for Adelaide. Seriously Hong Kong. Ugh