Xavi Hernández, current coach of Al-Sadd, has reiterated his desire to "return" to the Barça club as a coach, but starting the project "from scratch" and without anyone "toxic near the dressing room", and considers it essential that there be "a lot of harmony "between the board and the coaching staff.

"I am clear that I want to return to Barça, I am very excited. Just years ago he could give me some respect, but now that I have seen myself training I think I can contribute things to the players. But I made it clear that I was seeing myself in a project that started from scratch, and in which decision-making was mine, "he said in an interview with the newspaper La Vanguardia.

In this sense, he assured that if he returned he would like to do it with people of "trust" and "loyalty". "There cannot be anyone toxic near the dressing room. We are talking about Carles Puyol, who was captain of Barça, and Jordi Cruyff, a very good businessman and with a lot of experience in the technical secretary. I am a very team player, I don't want to decide alone. Here, We make the decisions with the staff, it is a horizontal structure, of consensus. Although then the last word corresponds to me, "he said.

So, if you return, you would like to be "very in tune" with everyone. "In the locker room there can be no negative, toxic, and the medical issue is important ... everything has to fit," he said, although it would not be "definitive" who was president. "I have nothing against anyone. What's more, I don't have a bad relationship with Bartomeu, with Laporta I get along well and Víctor Font and I are friends. I will be with everyone who wants Barça well," he stressed.

In another order of things, the former midfielder explained what his 'dream team' would be. "A large part of the squad seems extraordinary to me. Starting with the goalkeeper, who seems to me the best in the world; Jordi Alba, for me, is the best left-back in the world; Piqué, the best center-back in the world; Busquets, best defensive midfielder of the world, and Messi, the best player in the world. And, if you add Suárez, De Jong and Arthur, they seem like footballers to win ten more years at Barça, "he said.

"The base is very good. I would sign winners, type Neymar - I do not know if he would fit in for the social issue, but footballically I have no doubts that it would be a spectacular signing - Barça already has a game inside, but they lack wingers like He has Bayern. He doesn't need many new ones: Jadon Sancho, Serge Gnabry ... ", he listed.

Among his greatest references in the Barça club, he named Johan Cruyff and Joan Vila, although Pep Guardiola "was also a great influence". "He always helped me. In the locker room, I changed to his side and Figo's. I ended up playing in his position," he recalled, explaining that being at Barça is having "a very strong feeling of belonging to an unconditional family." "ALL LIFE I WANTED TO PLAY WITH SPAIN, ALREADY HONORABLE"

In another order of things, Xavi denied that he had any problem with playing with the Spanish team. "On the contrary, a pride. I have never hidden. The political issue and injustices burst me, but it has nothing to do with it. All my life I wanted to go to the Spanish team, and to much honor," he said.

In addition, he stressed that he feels Catalan and Spanish. "Of course I have nothing against Spain, Spain has given me a lot. And it has treated me very well," he said, denying having recognized a feeling of independence. "I have not said this. What seems to me an injustice is that people have not been able to vote in a legal referendum. It leaves people to decide their future, which also manifests itself peacefully. I have only spoken in this sense. In favor of the freedom of the people, not against Spain, "he stressed.

Finally, the former culé player valued his controversy for defending the Qatar lifestyle. "When I land here I feel relieved: neither judged nor criticized. And this is what my life needed, because they have been 25 years dedicated to Barça, and Barça is a crusher of people. Today I am very well with the family, the People here are very generous and hospitable, "he said.

"There are many prejudices regarding the Arab culture. I do not defend a dictatorship, not at all. I have been criticized a lot about the issue of human rights, but they themselves are self-critical ... They are increasingly aware that there is a need to suppress certain things, but they need time. There are indefensible issues, such as freedom of the press or respect for homosexuality, but they have many very positive things, "he concluded.

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