Barcelona new coach – Xavi taking over? Considered to be one of the greatest midfielders to ever grace a football pitch, Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez is set to be appointed as the new Barcelona manager. He will replace Ronald Koeman who was shown the door after a string of poor shows including a 0-1 defeat to Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday. Xavi will leave his current position as the head-coach of Qatari side Al Saad.
Barcelona are already preparing paperworks and contracts to appoint Xavi Hernández as new manager once deal-termination process with Al Sadd will be completed. 📑🤝 #FCB #FCBlive
After manager issue resolved, board focus will be on Dembélé, Gavi and Araújo new contracts. #Barça
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 29, 2021
Barcelona new coach: Barcelona set to appoint former captain Xavi Hernandez as new 1st team manager
According to the football journalist Fabrizio Romano and reports doing in Spanish media, Xavi is all set to return to his boyhood club where he became a legend and called his time as a player in Europe.
FC Barcelona has relieved Ronald Koeman of his duties as first team coach
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 27, 2021
Barcelona new coach: For now, Barcelona have appointed 49-year-old former captain and current Barcelona B team coach Sergi Barjuan as the interim coach, until the clubs find a permanent replacement, which has been confirmed to be Xavi Hernandez after the club president Joan Laporta finalised a return for the club legend.
Handshakes & hard work
👀 #BarçaAlaves pic.twitter.com/w8jDkm7oJ1— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 29, 2021
Barcelona new coach: Barcelona set to appoint former captain Xavi Hernandez as new 1st team manager
Xavi would come with his 2 assistants Oscar and Sergio Alegre, his physical trainer Ivan Torres and his own team of analysts. The termination clause for Xavi Hernández to leave isn’t a high figure, somewhere approximately around 1 million Euros. There will be an imminent meeting between the coach & Al Sadd to close his departure, however, Al Sadd wants Xavi to stay at least until November 3rd, when they play against Al Duhail, this request would imply that Xavi won’t be able to be in charge for Barca’s UCL fixture against Dynamo Kyiv.
(🌕) Barcelona has already accepted that Xavi would come with his 2 assistants (Òscar and Sergio Alegre), his physical trainer Ivan Torres and his team of analysts. @xavitorresll @albert_roge #FCB 🇪🇸
— Reshad Rahman ✆ (@ReshadRahman_) October 28, 2021
A La Masia product himself, Xavi spent a total of 17 seasons in the Barcelona 1st team. The Spaniard made a total of 767 appearances for the club, which is also the most for any player, he scored 87 goals and provided a total of 184 assists for Barcelona. Xavi won a total of 25 major honors with Barcelona, his trophy-haul with the Spanish giants include:
LaLiga: Barcelona sack Ronald Koeman after three losses in four games, Xavi set to takeover
Barcelona new coach: Barcelona set to appoint former captain Xavi Hernandez as new 1st team manager
8x La Liga titles
4x UEFA Champions League
2x UEFA Super Cup
3x Copa Del Rey
6x Spanish Super Cup
2x FIFA Club World Cup
Barcelona fans are very excited by the prospect, of Xavi returning to the club, they see him as a- “returning hero,” who is returning to save his beloved club’s drowning ship.
Xavi is the only coach since Luis Enrique who I’m actually EXCITED and THRILLED about! pic.twitter.com/tQqXdSvDJ8
— Barça Worldwide (@BarcaWorldwide) October 28, 2021
