Xavi Hernandez’s future as Barcelona head coach is looking increasingly precarious, particularly in the wake of Sunday’s humiliating defeat to Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup. Despite this, the 43-year-old looks set to remain in his position for the time being.
This is because Xavi retains the full support of president Joan Laporta, who continues to trust in the project that Barcelona is currently undertaking. However, as it turns out, he is only one who continues to believe in Xavi, as El Chiringuito have reported that the rest of the board have lost faith.
🚨 "LAPORTA se está quedando SOLO".
💣 "Está AGUANTANDO él a XAVI, DECO quiere a RAFA MÁRQUEZ".
Información de @10JoseAlvarez en #ChiringuitoBarcelona. pic.twitter.com/iHpgwEBpSO
— El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) January 16, 2024
This includes Sporting Director Deco, who is advocating for Rafa Marquez, Barca Atletic head coach, to be promoted to first team manager. For now at least, that won’t happen because Laporta continues to trust in Xavi.
There’s no doubt that the pressure is firmly on Xavi to get Barcelona out of its current hole. However, it does look like he will afforded some time to get things right.
A new fre$h defeat await baorgca again…! What more ll the fan$ watch if not more lo$$ of point$…. Next el cla$$ico would be terrible from the way it went down on 14th
A new fre$h defeat await barca again…! What more ll the fan$ watch if not more lo$$ of point$…. Next el cla$$ico would be terrible from the way it went down on 14th
I’ll believe it when I see it. Madrid suffered last year when they lost Benzema and they were smart enough not to panic and sack Ancelotti.
Lewandowski is a shell of his former self this year, and Busquets is no longer running the show. Those are big hits, and neither one of them is Xavi’s fault. The Catalan media is notorious for creating drama, and until the actually club does something this is just more noise.
Real madrid lost benzema this season and Ancelotti has done well in his absence. A poor last season for Madrid was a semi final berth in the champions league and a copa del rey win. The issue here is that Barca needs more than Xavi can offer. Even as of last season his style of play was bad but results were in his favor. Now he doesn’t even have that anymore. That doesn’t show progress
I stand corrected regarding Benzema, thank you. I suppose that reinforces my argument though; Ancelotti had a bad year by Madrid standards even WITH Benzema (losing the league by double digits), and only the media panicked.
Even the most casual fan can see the effect losing Busquets has had on Barca; just look at the defensive numbers and the lack of midfield control without him. Lewandowski is a shell this year with no one to replace that production, and he scored 33 goals a year ago. The club is stretched to the limit with their financial limitations, and is playing teenagers in critical roles. Does any of this sound like something Ancelotti is dealing with?
Xavi hasn’t suddenly forgotten about football. Look at the big picture and understand that maybe there’s more to it than the manager.
Can Ancelottii do anything without food player…how many good player Real Madrid have got for Ancelottii….if bacelona board can be able to get good player for Xavi do t you know that Xavi will perform….last season becelona arw in no 10 in laligal…Xavi came and come up and collected how many cup for bacelona….we should not be ingrate..that’s why i like Lapotal….he doesn’t sack coach anyhow….if you sack Xavi now the coach that is coming should be Jesus so he can perform miracle….bacelona have future players but we need good ones now if we want to get trophy before our future player mature and have exposure..but if we let Xavi continue those boy we perform more than our expectation.thanks
Is all this silly excuses that makes it clear to me that Xavi needs to go. If any player is injured is because of the injury now is because of Sergio. Was he going to stay in Barcelona forever? Was sergio not in the team last season where we were beaten by the same Madrid 4-0? I guess you should don’t forget that Ronaldinho also left the club, add iniesta, messi. Pique absence is also the reason for our poor defensive performance this season also