Barcelona are not thinking of sacking Xavi Hernandez. That said, new Sporting Director Deco does have someone in mind for an emergency.
Deco has arrived at Barcelona and was believed to have been working in the role in recent months, but the surprise came with the imminent departure of Director of Football Mateu Alemany. The former Valencia man appears to have been forced out in part by Deco, and in part by President Joan Laporta’s advisors.
The former Portugal midfielder has close relations with Laporta’s right-hand man Alejandro Echevarria too, as well as Agent Jorge Mendes, who is constantly at the centre of Barcelona’s transfer dealings these days, with the likes of Ansu Fati, Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde all represented by him.
As per Bar Canaletes, should Barcelona for any reason need to dismiss Xavi, then it would be a Mendes client as one of the candidates to replace him. Current Barcelona Atletic Manager Rafael Marquez has been in the position for a year, with middling results so far, but he would be an option if they had to make an appointment in a hurry.
While Xavi’s job is not at risk as long as results remain solid, it does appear that the appointment of Deco, who reportedly has ‘complete power’ over sporting matters, has somewhat weakened his position. The two were never close while at Barcelona as players, but it may benefit the Catalan coach to strengthen relations now.
Wow!! If you read this it’s time for president elections.
Maybe it’s good that there is favoritisme (as far as this is all true) but idk… It doesn’t seem to make Xavi’s job lighter… What does this contribute?
Xavi better he leaves the club if he is failing to work with academy players see the way we are admire ,our youth players from outside and they are doing well .As for Asu fati he is a Barca player so if Xavi doesn’t trust Asu fati better he leaves his position he is not the first or the last .
What are you on about, he plays basically only kids and adores Ansu.
Xavi won the league last year despite the odds, with players that he had and players that he asked for. He seems to know what he wants and needs, and has proven so far that the players he wants fit his system and what he wants to accomplish. He’s a young coach with a young nucleus and should be given the tools he needs to keep building.
I’d hate to see someone else’s agenda regarding personnel get in the way of continuing that progress.
If Xavi fails this season, especially, in Europe then Zerbi is the best option. I mean…. Come on look at the squad. The defence, midfield or attack… They have enough to win. This time Xavi can not make excuses. He needs to deliver what culers are looking for quite a years💀
If xavi leaves i would no longer be a Barca fan. I will leave watching football for ever 😭
Same, I’m actually done if they play with us like this. Like who tf is Deco to choose our next coach
Xavi has to leave because his only focus on the midfield prayers to strength on the middle forgetting the attack and we all see, how we ended the season by less goal scoring system. He has to get confident for the academy player’s like Ansu tati,Lamine etc because they know our systems on the pitch and through them our financial bid will drop also but Xavi is discouraging our features.
Pls let their be peace in our lovel dear club and plsss let’s keep Xavi and allow him to do what ever he likes
Last year personally i wasn’t overly impressed with xavis managerial skills especially in europe in both the champions and europa league but i gave him the benefit of the doubt and credit for our league triumph which at the end of the day was a great achievement imo considering all the outside threats and noise himself,the players and the club had to deal with ontop of everything else the referring scandal,financial situation,uefa ban threats,world cup games,injuries,club staff changes arrivals and departures ect ect,but tbh i still have many doubts about xavi as a coach he reminds me of a very stubborn coach who its either his way,ideas,methods or the high way which tbh i dont like or agree with basically from what im seeing from him is if he doesn’t like you for whatever reason then you have no chance at the club even if you do your utmost to try and prove him wrong,ive also found him to not be self critical of himself,his team selections,team formations,team tactics,substitution usage ect when things go wrong instead he tends to blame everyone and everything else instead including the weather of all things lmao again this is something personally i really dislike about him and feel i have to call him out on,dont get me wrong i would love for xavi to completely prove me wrong and make me eat my words and do terrific this season both in the league and europe hes a club legend as a player of that there is no doubt,a club legend as a coach though thats an entirely different story and from what im seeing so far from him my doubts very much remain sadly but i sincerely wish him the very best and hope he proves me wrong we shall see.
Yeah xavi need to reinforce the attack especially left wing i miss neymar every time. But xavi is stubborn he only prioritise the midfield cos i wonder why we need an attacking midfielder and ruling the return of neymar out and signing of felix.