Since Wednesday evening and the rout of the Blaugrana on the lawn of Rayo Vallecano (0-1), three days after that suffered in the Clasico against rival Real Madrid (1-2), FC Barcelona no longer has a coach .
Ronald Koeman fired, Joan Laporta and the Catalan oils must now find a successor.
If, since September, several names have circulated (Cocu, Ten Hag, Conte, Pirlo, Gallardo, Martinez), the latest information from Spain converges on one profile: that of Xavi Hernandez.
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"
Xavi instead of Koeman
", thus title
Mundo Deportivo
this Thursday morning. “
The arrival of the native of Terrassa is almost complete. Sergi Barjuan, coach of the B team, will take over the interim
”, writes the Catalan sports daily. "
Xavi Hernandez is the best positioned to take charge of the team
", assures his side the competitor
Sport
. “
He never hid his desire to coach Barça. His avowed dream is to land on the bench at Camp Nou. He knows the house and with the 4-3-3 standard, the Catalan team would always seek possession and attack through the ball,
”continues the newspaper.
In Madrid, Xavi's future enthronement is no longer in much doubt either.
“
Xavi is very close to taking over from Koeman,
” said
AS
.
And this, even if the legend of the club was on a list competing with that of Laporta in the last elections.
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41-year-old Xavi Hernandez played 17 professional seasons at FC Barcelona. A pure product of La Masia, the FCB training center, he was one of the cornerstones of great Barça in the 2000s with Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi. Eight-time Spanish champion, he has also won four Champions Leagues, two Club World Cups, two European Super Cups and three Spanish Cups. In 2015, the Spanish world champion left Barcelona to join Qatar and Al Sadd.
After hanging up the crampons in 2019, he became the coach.
Qatar champion in 2021, he won the Emir's Cup last week against Al Rayyan, coached by Laurent Blanc.
With 767 matches played in the Blaugrana jersey, he is the second most capped player in the history of FC Barcelona behind Lionel Messi (778 matches played).
A legend whose rescue mission, if it is confirmed, is perilous in a club traumatized by the departure of Lionel Messi.
