The Spanish coach keeps repeating that he will no longer be on the Barça bench at the end of the season. Its president is much less categorical.
On January 27, following a defeat (3-5) against Villarreal, during the 21st day of the Spanish Championship, Xavi announced his intention to leave FC Barcelona at the end of the exercise in course. What if the Spanish technician finally continued his adventure on the Blaugrana sidelines?
“I would like him to continuerevealed President Joan Laporta to Mundo Deportivo. I had already told him at the time, when he was talking about pressure, that here we are always under pressure. I asked him if there was any way he could change his mind, but I saw him with insurmountable pressure showing on his face, so I told him to relax if he saw it like that. »
Turnaround coming?
The Barça leader is more open than ever to the idea of Xavi still being the coach of his team next season. “He keeps saying that at the end of the season he will leave as we agreed, but we will see. Let’s not put this pressure on ourselves because for the moment, this formula works”assures the former Spanish politician.
FC Barcelona is having a completely honorable season so far. Xavi's men are in second place in the championship, eight points behind Real Madrid. They are also still in contention in the Champions League, a competition in which they will challenge Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals next month.
