Al Sadd, the Qatari football league champion, confirmed that its Spanish coach, Xavi Hernandez, the former Barcelona star, has a two-year contract with the club.
Al Sadd club said in a tweet via its Twitter account that Xavi is at the top of his focus to play the team's upcoming matches to maintain the top of the league and title, and it is close to what the Spanish star said in a press conference yesterday, Thursday.
Interacting with what is circulating in the previous days, the management of #Al-Sadd confirms that Xavi is linked to a two-year contract with the club and is at the top of his focus to play the team’s upcoming matches to maintain the top of the league and the title.# Always_with_Al-Sadd pic.twitter.com/GWpDvkk7rX
— 🏆 #76 Al Sadd SC |
Al Sadd Club (@AlsaddSC) October 29, 2021
Barcelona sacked coach Ronald Koeman, after losing 0-1 to Rayo Vallecano last Wednesday, and appointed Sergei Barguan, as interim coach.
Al Sadd responds to Laporta
And at a press conference to present Barguan, today, Friday, Barcelona club president Joan Laporta revealed that talks with Xavi have reached an advanced stage, but no agreement has been reached between the two parties yet, stressing that he will become Barcelona coach one day, and it seems that these statements called for Al Sadd’s response that was necessary. Silence for the past two days.
A journalist in the Catalan newspaper "Sport" stated - in an interview with Al Jazeera - that the decision to appoint Xavi as Barcelona coach had already been taken, but the coach's contract with Al-Sadd Club until 2023 delays the announcement, as he wants to leave Qatar with good relations and a good impact, and he will be announced After the match between Al Sadd and Al Duhail in the Qatar League.