Barcelona president Juan Laporte offered Frank Rijkaard the job of replacing Xavi. The announcement of Xavi's departure caught Barcelona off guard.
The Dutchman coached the team between 2003 and 2008. He gave Leo Messi his first chance to play in Barcelona's senior team. But is a coach who has been out of the business for over a decade, and whose last time he properly coached a team in the league was in 2010, the solution? Not sure, even if under him Leo Messi got his first opportunity.