In the last few weeks, Xavi Hernandez and his players has been under pressure after a string of underwhelming performances, which continued on Saturday as they stumbled to a 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano at Vallecas.
Despite this, Xavi retains the full support of Joan Laporta, Deco and the rest of the Barcelona board. However, that has not stopped possible replacements being sounded out. Girona’s Michel Sanchez has already been linked, and another to be is now Real Sociedad gaffer Imanol Alguacil.
As per Sport, Laporta and Deco are big fans of Imanol, and they even made him aware of this during the MARCA awards earlier this week. The 52-year-old led La Real to Champions League football last season for the first time in a decade, and is widely considered to be one of the best managers in La Liga.
Imanol has a contract with Real Sociedad until 2025, so it may not be too difficult for Barcelona to get him if they do decide to move on from Xavi in the future. However, he is Basque-born and has a great affinity with the club, so it wouldn’t be easy either. Equally, Alguacil would be impossible to get before the end of the season, as La Liga rules prevent managers from coaching two clubs in the same season.
As terrible as this sounds i would love this to have some truth to it,unfortunately as with most media rumours and news these days its most probably a load of crap,ill believe it only when i see or hear about it officially from the club itself.
Terrible news today about terry venables 😥 you were a fantastic character and person rip terry.
People should stop blaming the coach for the problems of the players. In some cases, that is justified, but usually not. We all know Barca have had financial problems that have limited their ability to purchase top notch players in their prime. That was the fault of the previous President of Barcelona, not any of the coaches.
Xavi is a good coach. Does he make mistakes? Of course! Who doesn’t? But he has created a pathway for Barca to improve and eventually win the UEFA Champions League. They will get there in a year or two. Be patient!
So your telling me xavi hasnt already got a squad full of top notch players ? theres having patience pal and then theres looking to see a barca plan,an identify,a consistency,a pattern,a style of play,passion,commitment,fight,determination,attitude,winning mentality,hunger personally i have seen none of these under xavi so please excuse me for not having much patience lol,you say xavi a good coach why is this ? because he won the league last year ? that doesn’t make you a good coach imo especially when all the rival terms were so poor last year barca could have won it with their eyes closed tbh but hey if that’s how you feel and thats your opinions and views on it so be it,but just to let you know i do blame xavi and until he proves me wrong and makes me eat my words it will remain that way.
Nah, you must be a madrista. Brighton has less quality players but have a clearer pattern of play. Nobody is asking Xavi to win the Champions league but he should definitely win a rayo vallecano with a clear identity of play. Xavi can’t influence games which is the basic requirement of a coach. It’s all down to individual quality which is so unpredictable. There should be a structure about the team. If after two years he can’t achieve this, he won’t achieve it in the next eight years. It’s was for this reason that Laporta was hesitant to appoint him in the first place
One step at the time, boy.
He should win the Europa League first.
Well if its anything like last year under him we will all be waiting quite a while lmao.
He can’t even win the conference league. We only win games if our opponents are wasteful in front of goal then we score the one goal that wins the game. So when ever we concede, kiss the game goodbye. How many teams do you think will be that profligate in front of goal in Europe?
Aquí hay varios jugadores que simplemente no le ponen producto de gallina,, ejemplo Fernando torres un tronco en la delantera, acompañado por Lewandowski Oriel Romeu, porqué iniciarlos teniendo a mejores jugadores, hay comprender que simplemente estos jugadores ya no son para jugar en el barca menos dejándolos casi todo el partido, si seguimos con estos tres jugadores no vamos a tener oportunidad de llegar a donde queremos. ARRIBA BARCA