Foot: Xavi on the Barça bench, more than a matter of time?

Will come, will not come?

Announced close to a return to Barcelona by many Spanish sources, Xavi remains under contract with the Qatari club of Al Sadd.

And this until 2023, without an exit clause to return to Catalonia.

Except that the bosses of the Qatari club had previously agreed with the former midfielder to let him go to Barça, if an offer should reach him.

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She is there ... So, as reported by

, Al Sadd has only one condition: to keep Xavi for the next two matches, next Saturday and November 3.

All before almost two months without a match due to the holding of the 2021 Fifa Arab Cup, from November 30 to December 18.

A cut that will give the Qatari club time to turn around and find a new coach.

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This obviously does not help Barça, who hoped to be able to count on Xavi on November 2 against Dynamo Kiev, in the Champions League.

But this is obviously not negotiable ... Still according to the same source, Al Sadd will not claim transfer compensation to release Xavi, but simply the holding of a friendly match in Doha, as a symbol.

It will be recalled that the so-called Sergi Barjuan was appointed this Thursday to replace Ronald Koeman, sacked Wednesday evening, with the title of interim coach.

A "dream" for Xavi

Child of the Masia, Xavier Hernández, 41, wore the FC Barcelona jersey 767 times (85 goals), notably winning four Champions Leagues, eight Spanish league titles and three Copa del Rey. He left Camp Nou for a last freelance at Al Sadd in 2015 and has played his last 98 matches as a player with the Qatari club (24 goals). It was there that he began his coaching career, in 2019, after hanging up his crampons.

Since then, his name has been regularly associated with the Catalan giant.

It is now only a matter of time ... "

", he said again in 2020. The dream will soon become reality.

Even if the main interested party still wanted to be discreet this Thursday, at a press conference: "

."

Departing from Lionel Messi in the offseason, FC Barcelona, ​​in the midst of a crisis, occupies a modest ninth place in the Spanish La Liga standings after their defeat against Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday (1-0).