FC Barcelona finally wants to fire Xavi!

The Xavi soap opera is back for a spin. On January 27, the Spanish technician announced his departure at the end of the season after a heavy defeat against Villarreal in La Liga (5-3). A little bomb that shook the football world. Quickly, leads came out in the press concerning his potential successor. But the Catalan media have regularly explained that President Joan Laporta and several members of the board of directors of the Blaugrana club were campaigning behind the scenes for the maintenance of Xavi, who has had a good series of 13 matches without defeat in all competitions.

But the former midfielder always assured that his decision would not change. He said it over and over again at every press conference. But he finally reversed course at the end of April. After constant pressure from Laporta, with whom he spoke at his home, he agreed to continue his mission until June 2025. He subsequently explained his decision: “I’m doing well. I felt responsible and thought it was better to take a step aside, but months passed and I saw confidence in everything. I felt the support of the club, the president, Deco and the players, and that was fundamental.

Laporta’s anger

For some, this choice was a good thing. For others, Xavi was only kept because the Culés had financial problems and recruiting a new coach would have been expensive. But the residents of the Camp Nou will have to start looking for a coach again if we rely on the information coming from Spain this Friday. El Chiringuito indicates that Xavi will be sacked. ‘Xavi won’t continue at Barca next season unless something extraordinary happens’explained a journalist present on set, who indicated that he has a 1% chance of continuing.

A.S. has the same information and indicated: “green light to look for a coach (…) President Joan Laporta would have given the order to the sports commission yesterday at noon – during a summit in the club’s offices where Deco, Yuste and Soler were not present, who were present electronically – to search for a coach for next season. This summit was in no way planned, since in principle the president was going to go to Almería to accompany the team, but at the last minute he decided to get off the plane. Early in the day, RAC1 assured that Xavi Hernández would not continue.

An imminent departure?

A.S. specifies that the reason for Laporte’s “monumental anger” is linked to Xavi’s statements last Wednesday at a press conference. The latter had mentioned “the club’s lack of financial resources but the need to strengthen the team “if we don’t want everything to stay the same”, arguing that today it will be very difficult to compete “against Real Madrid and also in Europe” .” All this pissed off the Catalan president, since the speech given by Xavi at the time of his stay at the club was different. He had indicated that he had confidence in the club and that he could achieve results with a few adjustments.

Outraged, Laporta therefore asked Deco and his teams to look for a new coach. Marca confirms that the Barça boss is furious with his coach. same for me Relevowho wrote : “the most tense hours in Barcelona for Xavi. The council demands his departure! Xavi’s statements in the previous one made the board uncomfortable and several members close and linked to Joan Laporta requested Xavi’s departure. Divorce therefore seems very close between FCB and Xavi, unless there is a new turnaround…