Barcelona president Joan Laporta has finally broken his silence on recent events at the club and explained why he decided against letting Xavi continue as first-team coach. Xavi had looked set to stay for the 2024-25 season, after doing a major U-turn, but Barca then announced it was all over and he would step down. …
Managing a giant institution as renowned as FC Barcelona is not a task for the faint-hearted and few can attest to that better than Joan Laporta. The recent developments surrounding the club have been a frenzy, to say the least. The managerial merry-go-round involving Xavi Hernandez garnered a great deal of criticism, considering the manner …
A tumultuous season on and off the pitch is finally over for Barcelona, and for a couple of months at least attention will turn to international tournaments. For the first team players that will be heading off around the world, they do so in the knowledge that when they return, things will look a lot …
Barcelona midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has said he’s expecting plenty of things to change at the club as Hansi Flick replaces Xavi as manager. Flick has signed a two-year deal with the Catalans and will link up with Gundogan again after working with him previously at international level. Here’s what Gundogan makes of it all: “We …
“Xavi will leave the club at the end of the season.” This is a sentence that would’ve made no sense last year, perfect sense three months ago, no sense again three weeks ago and three days ago would’ve felt inevitable. Feels like some sort of twisted riddle? Ask any Barcelona fan how this season has …
Barcelona’s narrow win over Sevilla this past weekend officially marked the end of Xavi Hernandez’s spell at the club. The Spaniard is all set to leave the club at the end of the season. As Xavi nears the end of his term at Barça, reports have emerged about his poor management of the players. It …
Barcelona have come in for criticism for the way they have treated Xavi, and other club legends, by Sevilla boss Quique Sánchez Flores. The club have opted to part ways with Xavi just weeks after confirming he would be staying on for another season as manager. Xavi’s final game in charge will be on Sunday …
Xavi Hernandez is finally set to leave Barcelona at the end of the season. After much deliberation, the club have finally decided to let go of the Spaniard, who didn’t have the best of synergies with the top management. Xavi’s sudden departure has come as a shock to many, including multiple Barcelona stars who were …
Barcelona players have been saying goodbye to Xavi after the club confirmed he would not continue as first-team coach. Lamine Yamal was one of the first to post a message to Xavi, thanking the coach for trusting him at such a young age and making him a regular in the first team. “Thank you for …
FC Barcelona’s treatment of Xavi over the last few months has been bizarre, even embarrassing. The former captain and club legend announced he would quit his post at the end of the season, only for the president and board to practically beg him to reconsider. After he said he would stay, the club changed their …