Xavi Hernandez set to be Made Barca
Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez who spent the majority of his playing career with Barcelona, from 1998 to 2015 has review he will like to coach the club now. The former Barcelona man player more than 700 matches for the Spanish giant.
When he was playing active football with Barcelona, he won eight La Liga titles and lifted four Champions League trophies. The former Barcelona star played a crucial role in Spain’s three successive major tournament wins at Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012.
He stated coaching Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd, where he finished his playing career before becoming the coach. Xavi Harnendez has been approached before to manage the club but he rejected the offer right now he is willing to take the job. He said in an interview: “I am clear that I want to return to Barcelona, it gives me a lot of excitement.”
“Now that I have seen myself coaching I think I can bring things to the players. “But I made it clear to them that I saw myself in a project that started from zero and in which the decision-making was mine,” Xavi Hernandez concluded.
Barcelona have been showing interest in their former midfielder, they approached him for the job before Ernesto Valverde was sacked in January, but Xavi rejected the deal. On that decision, he added: “I have no problem: I won’t hide, and I won’t take it back. “I would like to work with people I trust, with very valid people there is mutual loyalty. “There can’t be anyone toxic around the dressing room.”
Xavi Hernandez called most of the team players including Lionel Messi, defender Gerard Pique and goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen the best in the world in their respective positions. He also spoke of former Ajax midfielders Frenkie De Jong and Arthur as players to “win for 10 more years”.
Xavi Hernandez addressing the wide positions left to fill, he said he is likely to return Neymar or make a move for Borussia Dortmund and England’s Jadon Sancho or Serge Gnabry of Bayern Munich. “I would sign wingers, like Neymar.
I don’t know if he would fit in due to the social issue, but football-wise I have no doubts it would be a spectacular signing.” Xavi said the Brazilian star who played four seasons with the club befroe Paris Saint-Germain is a world class player.