New twist in the script at Barça. As Jordi Basté has reported in RAC1 and SPORT has been able to confirm, the club president, Joan Laporta, has decided that Xavi Hernández will not continue on the Barça bench next season. The decision, which probably will not be made official until after the match against Rayo Vallecano if the team achieves the minimum objective of being second in the League, was made by the president this Thursday after Xavi Hernández’s press conference prior to the match against the Almeria.
Laporta, who already showed his anger with the team after the defeat against Girona in Montilivi, did not like Xavi’s words, in which he stated that it would be very difficult to compete next season with Real Madrid and other European clubs due to the economic difficulties that the entity is going through. Xavi asked for changes in the squad to avoid making the mistakes of this season, but he warned the fans that the club was not in a position to sign what he wanted, as he could do years ago.
These words caused deep disappointment in the president, who, very angry, did not travel to Almería, nor did the sports director, Deco. Laporta, angry and disappointed and after speaking with the members of the sports commission and also listening to some of his management, decided to go back on the agreement that he sealed with Xavi on April 24.for which the man from Terrassa retracted his announcement that he would leave the bench on June 30 and would continue as Barça coach next season.
Xavi, hugged next to Laporta / Dani Barbeito
Precisely the fact that Laporta did not travel to Almería set off all the alarms in Barcelona, although Xavi, after winning the match against Pepe Mel’s team, explained that no one from the club had approached him to talk about his future or his statements. He was unaware of the new twist in the script and the decision that had been made by Aristides Maillol.
President Laporta plans to travel to Zaragoza today and tomorrow to watch live the final of the Queen’s Cup that Jonatan Giráldez’s team will play against Real Sociedad. On Sunday he will be in the Olímpic Lluís Companys box to watch the game against Rayo Vallecano. A victory for Barça will certify the minimum objective of the season, second place in the League. With the objective achieved, next week, according to what the club points out, will be the time to speak with Xavi again and announce the change on the bench, a decision that the president has already made and that, according to the same sources, could only avoid another radical turn of events, something that can never be ruled out at Barça in recent times. In fact, according to some directors, they already left on April 24 after a board meeting convinced that Xavi was not going to continue and hours later they found out that he would after the famous sushi dinner at the president’s house.
That day, the Terrassa coach convinced Laporta with his speech and his enthusiasm. His press conference on Wednesday turned the president’s infatuation into disappointment and has caused, unless there is a radical change, the decision to be made to dispense with the Egarense coach.
2024-05-17 07:46:14
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