Xavi has announced that, by mutual agreement with his management, he will leave his position as coach of FC Barcelona at the end of the season. An announcement that comes after a worrying performance by his team against Villarreal in La Liga this Sunday, January 27, the icing on the cake of a terrible sporting streak for the Catalan club.
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In the way of his Liverpool counterpart Jürgen Klopp, but in a diametrically different timing and sporting situation, Xavi Hernández announced his departure at the end of the season this Saturday, January 27. The Spaniard will leave his post as Barcelona coach in June. It is a decision that I took with the president, with the staff ”, in his own words.
Lucid on the performances which tend towards the catastrophic of his team, the former Blaugrana player, who had the club’s heyday as a midfielder, explained himself somewhat: “ We have reached a point of no return. It’s time to change. As a Barcelonan I think it’s time to leave “.
Xavi announces that he will leave his post as coach on June 30: “I think the situation deserves a change of dynamic and as a culer I cannot allow this to happen.” pic.twitter.com/lWYY0fTvTZ
— FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_fra) January 27, 2024
A statement following a very worrying performance at home against Villarreal counting for the 22nd day of La Liga. Barça sank at the end of added time against (5-3) at the end of a crazy match, plunging a little further into crisis. Manhandled, the Catalans waited until they were down 2-0 to show a slightly more dignified face and take the lead in a few minutes thanks to Gündogan (60th), Pedri (68th) and an own goal from Eric Bailly ( 72nd). But they fell a third time in front of the former Parisian Guedes (84th), before completely collapsing in added time by conceding two new goals from Sorloth (90+9) and Morales (90+12).
Arriving at the end of 2021, Xavi never managed to transmit a playing identity to his team, which the institution sorely lacks. The club’s finances in the red and several inconsistent or unambitious transfer windows in terms of recruitment did not help the technician to create a positive dynamic. Proof of this is his inability to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League since his arrival. A sporting record that the title of 2021/2022 Spanish champion somewhat disguises.
Currently, FC Barcelona is in third place in La Liga, 10 points behind Real Madrid who are in the lead. As much as the results, it is the manner that worries the Catalans. Enough to push a club lover to leave.