The current Barça coach, Ernesto Valverde, sees his position increasingly weakened by the defeat against Atletico Madrid Thursday in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup. After the rumor Thierry Henry at the end of December, FC Barcelona have now proposed to their former captain Xavi, current coach of the Qatari club of Al Sadd, the succession of Ernesto Valverde on the bench of the Catalan club, several Spanish media reported on Friday. Barça sports director Eric Abidal surveyed Xavi for the next two seasons, but also for the current season, according to Spanish radio Cadena Ser , in the event of the dismissal of the current coach.
Xavi currently stationed in Qatar
The information seems to be confirmed by the simple fact that the current Xavi employer had to respond to it. The former midfielder of Barça and Spain "focuses on tomorrow's game against Al-Rayyan," said Al Sadd general manager Turki Al-Ali. Talking about Xavi's return to Barça “is normal and expected since he will be in his club, it is his first home and he must return there in the future. But today Xavi is the coach of Al Sadd, "he added. "We know that a club of importance and professionalism in Barcelona will use official channels to discuss such matters," warned the Qatari club.
World champion in 2010, European in 2008 and 2012, the emblematic former midfielder of FC Barcelona and Spain (133 caps), soon to be 40 years old, arrived at Al Sadd in 2015 as that player. He became a coach there in August 2019.
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