While he himself announced his departure at the end of the season, Xavi changed his mind. He will still be the coach of FC Barcelona next season.
The tide has turned in Catalonia. While he himself had announced, on January 27, his intention to leave FC Barcelona at the end of the season, Xavi Hernandez decided to stay. According to journalist Fabrizio Romano and the local press, the Catalan coach spoke this Wednesday with the president of the club, Joan Laporta, who convinced him to return.
If nothing is official yet, Xavi would be on the verge of signing a new contract which will bind him until 2025 to the Blaugrana. A great victory for the boss of FCB, who did not want to part ways with his coach, despite the blank season that Barça is about to complete, marked by the very probable loss of the La Liga title to Real Madrid.
The “change of cycle” wanted by Xavi will wait
But while the elimination suffered against PSG in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with a slap received at the Camp Nou during the second act (1-4), could have sealed his fate for good, here is Xavi who leaves for a ride. THE “cycle change” that he called for “as Culé”in the heart of winter, will wait a little longer…
