Three months after announcing his departure in June, Xavi Hernández will continue until 2025, despite the elimination in the Champions League and the defeat with Real Madrid
After having announced in January that he would leave his position at the end of the season, the coach of the Barcelona, Xavi Hernandezchanged his position and will continue as coach until 2025, after a meeting with the Portuguese decoration and with Joan Laportasports director and president of the Catalan club, respectively.
Xavi Hernandez had announced that he would leave the Barcelona “June 30”, after a series of poor results in January culminated in a humiliation at home against the Villarreal (5-3), considering at that time that his “dream” of coaching the club where he trained and played the bulk of his career had become something “cruel and unpleasant.”
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“They make you feel that you are worthless every day. It has happened to all the coaches; speaking with Pep (Guardiola) he told me so, then speaking with Ernesto (Valverde) as well, I saw Luis Enrique suffer,” the coach had stated. Since the days that followed that announcement, the president Joan Laporta expressed his wish that Xavi Hernandez changed his mind, while the club’s economic situation does not allow him to enter the market of the most prestigious coaches in the world.
The economic crisis conditions Barcelona
Despite having been rumored for a while, the clue that led to the former Mexican defender Rafa Marquezcurrently in charge of the Barça subsidiary, did not finish convincing the sports management and the rumors about Hansi Flick either Roberto De Zerbi They soon revealed themselves as lacking real support.
This Wednesday’s script twist occurs despite the defeat on Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu in the classic against real Madrid (3-2), which left the Barcelona of Xavi Hernandez with practically no chance of conquering LaLiga, eleven points behind the “merengues” and with six games to go.
The Spanish tournament was the last title that the Catalan team was clinging to after falling last Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against the Paris Saint-Germain. He Barcelonaimmersed in economic problems in recent years, appointed Xavi Hernandez as coach in November 2021 and he delivered: he conquered LaLiga last season.
But this year, the culé team was also beaten by real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup (4-1) and the Athletic Club eliminated him in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.
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