Barça: Luis Enrique reacts to Xavi’s dismissal

Published: May 24, 2024

By: Manu Tournoux

This is the news of the day. While he had announced that he was ultimately staying at Barcelona, Xavi has just been fired from the Catalan club by Joan Laporta. An event to which Luis Enrique reacted on the sidelines of the Coupe de France final against OL.

“I said at the end of the match (the quarter-final second leg of C1, editor’s note) two things about Barça. One of them was to keep Xavi at the head of Barça and I maintain,” he confided at a press conference. The future ex-Barça coach will appreciate it.

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