Xavi's call to Barça: "I want to come back"

2020-03-29T15:54:42.546Z

The legendary FC Barcelona player, who started his coaching career, is no longer in hiding to lead his former team.

He no longer hides it. FC Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez (40), now coach of the Al-Sadd club in Qatar, said he wanted to " return to Barça " as a coach, but with his own plan. “ For me, it's very clear: I want to come back to Barça, it makes me very envious. A few years ago, I had a respectable course, but now that I have been coached, I know I can bring something to the players, "said the former Barça player (1998-2015) in a interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia , published on Sunday. " But I made it clear (for Barça leaders, editor's note): I see myself starting a project from scratch, and I want the one who makes the decisions to be me, " added the Camp Nou icon with immense prize list (25 trophies in 767 matches, 2010 world champion and double European champion in 2008 and 2012 with Spain).

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In this interview, his first media outing since the negotiations aborted for a return to Barça in January, the Blaugrana legend assures that the fact that the negotiations to bring him on the Catalan bench were made public from the start, did not not bothered. " I have no problem: I do not hide, I do not retract. I would only like to work with people whom I trust, who have loyalty, competent people. There cannot be toxic people around the locker room, ”said Xavi .

Puyol and the son Cruyff in his future staff?

In early January, in Doha, Barça sports director Eric Abidal and general manager Oscar Grau had met Xavi, who has been at the helm of the Qatari Al-Sadd club since August 2019 after having finished his playing career there. The two leaders had offered to fulfill his "dream" of training Barça to replace Ernesto Valverde, but Xavi had asked for time, and had decided not to train his heart club ... for now. In addition, the former Catalan player gave some clues to the composition of his potential future staff: " We are talking about Carles Puyol, who was captain of Barça, and Jordi Cruyff, very good negotiator, with a lot of experience on the technical part. I have a real team spirit: I don't want to decide alone. Here (in his Al-Sadd club), decisions are taken with the staff, in a horizontal, consensus structure, "concluded Xavi. Little by little, the pieces of the puzzle are put in place. And the Xavi-Barcelona story seems to be going on again.