Spain is on fire after Xavi’s choice to extend his adventure at FC Barcelona.
The information had the effect of a small bombshell, on the busy evening of Wednesday: , since the Catalan technician had announced his decision to leave his functions at the end of the current season.
“ Xavi expressed his joy at staying at Barça, continuing this project and progressing together, enthused Barça president Joan Laporta this Thursday. We are excited. This is excellent news for Barça. Stability is the key to the success of projects, Xavi is a true barcelonista“.
A detractor of Xavi turns his jacket
Still, this change of mind sets the news on the other side of the Pyrenees ablaze. Including in Madrid. Guti, an illustrious former Real player and speaker for the show El Chiringuito, has long been a detractor of Xavi. His choice to stay changes his vision. “ I think it was hard for Barcelona and for the press in Barcelona. I’m surprised he turned around. For you to say ‘I want to leave’, I think you have to go all the way. I think it’s Xavi’s best decision, but they convinced him. I believe Laporta asked him at that time to stay, and he couldn’t say no“.
Comments which contrast with Guti’s position in January, when Xavi revealed his desire to leave. “ He thought about himself, he didn’t think about the club. He was already overwhelmed. All the gestures he had on the bench, without forgetting that last gesture of looking at the DAZN camera and saying that. You can think it, but a coach of an entity like Barcelona can’t say it. And if you say it and the camera catches you, fine, but you don’t go on camera to say it. This shows that he is overwhelmed by the situation “, then launched the former midfielder. Xavi has not finished making people talk about him.
