Xavi imposes his conditions on Barcelona... and seeks help from the Sharjah Club doctor to save the team
Spanish media, including newspapers close to Barcelona, such as "Mundo Deportivo" and "Sport" Catalans, as well as the most famous newspaper in Spain, "Marca", revealed that the former star of the team, Xavi Hernandez, who was officially presented as the new coach of the team last Monday, In succession to the article Dutchman, Ronaldo Koeman, set a set of conditions for the management of Barcelona Club in order to facilitate his mission in saving the team, which is suffering from a crisis of unprecedented results. With the Sharjah Club.
Barcelona has suffered this season from injuries that most of the players have not spared, and the most prominent setback was the renewal of the injury of the team's star Ansu Fati, as well as the injury that will miss the new player in Barcelona, Argentine Aguero, for about three months.
And “Marca” stated that the players, days before Xavi’s appointment, verbally clashed with the medical staff led by Dr. Louis Tell, and the physical preparation team, and held them responsible for the many injuries, the length of the recovery stage, and the “wrong diagnosis.”
The doctor, Ricardo Bruna, worked for 25 years with FC Barcelona, and he left in the year 2020, and then he was contracted by the Sharjah FC last summer.
And "Sport" reported that Xavi stressed, during his last conversation with Barcelona's sporting director, Matteo Alemanio, that Bruna is one of the important names he wants in his assistant team, in order to avoid the problem of many injuries.
Two days ago, Xavi officially terminated the contract of the physical therapist, Albert Roca, as well as the official of physiotherapy, Juan Brau, and contracted with the members of the assistant team that he previously worked with in the Qatari Al-Sadd Club, but the recruitment of Doctor Bruna is still lingering, especially since he contracted only months ago with Sharjah , while Xavi sees it as one of the important elements for him to help him in his mission.
It is noteworthy that three Barcelona players were injured again during the dramatic match that ended 3-3 last Saturday against Celta Vigo, along with Ansu Fati, Eric Garcia and Nico Gonzalez, along with the injured Pedri, Pique, Sergino Dest, Dembele, Sergey Roberto and Martin Braithwaite.
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