Xavi Hernandez told Barcelona President Joan Laporta he could win Champions League with current squad

When Barcelona President Joan Laporta broke down in tears as he explained the decision to continue with Xavi as manager at the start of May, it looked as if that would be the case. Yet just weeks later, all of the reporting coming out of the Catalan capital is that Xavi Hernandez will leave the club.

One of the purported reasons was Laporta’s fury at Xavi’s statements in a press conference. For many, Xavi had simply stated a reality when he said it would be difficult for his side to compete against the likes of Real Madrid and the European giants in the Champions League given their financial constraints.

Hence it seemed misplaced when Laporta considered sacking Xavi as a result of those statements, and a damaging defeat against Girona. One of the reasons, as per Bar Canaletes, is that Xavi had told Laporta during their showdown talks that he felt he could win the Champions League with the current squad, and one or two tweaks.

This, clearly, is quite a departure from what he expressed in the press conference, but equally perhaps suggests that Laporta and the board were never entirely convinced by Xavi remaining at the club. It is worth recalling that Xavi was reportedly on the verge of the sack before he announced his decision to resign, and despite an upturn in results, have not found a clear direction either.

Tags Barcelona Champions League Joan Laporta Xavi Hernandez

2 Comments

  1. It seems like the broad spectrum of innate mental iIInesses characteristic to catalanimaIs also include delusions, alongside bipolar tendencies, Dunning-Kruger, inferiority complexes and many (many) others. Looking at comments sections here its fairly easy to conclude that those apply even to fanbase, as youd be hard pressed to find bigger simpletons on planet Earth.

    LaPorkys crocodile tears (dont worry about him, he is gouging the institution royally) and crying are also symptomatic to fanbase as many gallons of tears have been dropped here in comments out of teeth-gnashing frustration because of:

    Billions wasted
    Merely one Champ Leag. in over a decade
    Over half billion burned Ievers
    No CIasico victory in ten games
    Dumped out twice in Europa Leag.
    Change of four different coaches yielded three trophies
    Last three years amounted less than one trophy average compared to our seven
    No trophies this season

    PAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  2. Barcelona board should stop making barca fc a laughingstock all this nonse should stop allow xavi to do his work in peace we should be talking about transfers now to help move the club back to top where they belong and bring back our tradition style of play ..tikitaka.. Instead of this blame managerial this managerial that#barca more a club#we move my advice xavi and the board promote more of our la masia boys and save money pep did it and it pays

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