According to Marca, coach Xavi changed his mind at the last moment to stay at Barcelona Club for another season (2024 – 2025) as the contract signed, after announcing his early departure in early January this year.
“The reason for coach Xavi ‘s change of decision and staying at Barcelona is said to be the commitment and promise of president Joan Laporta about the ability to provide a large funding package to strengthen the force during the term. Summer transfer In addition, coach Xavi also decided on some personnel changes in the coaching staff.
Coach Xavi (left) and Barcelona President Joan Laporta
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In addition, the fact that the Catalan team can only finish 2nd in La Liga is enough to meet the requirements to participate in the Champions League . Next season, this team wants to keep coach Xavi after helping the team have stability and the opportunity to compete with Real Madrid ,” Marca newspaper (Spain) said.
Previously, Barcelona President Joan Laporta convened a summit meeting to decide on coach Xavi’s future at his home. Initially, Coach Xavi still maintained the decision made in January to leave the team after the end of this season.
However, with the presence of Barcelona Sports Director , Mr. Deco and Mr. Laporta’s close assistants such as Yuste and Echeverria, convinced this coach to change his mind to continue leading the Barcelona team. Catalan has one more season as the current contract term.
Coach Xavi helps Barcelona win the La Liga championship and Spanish Suρer Cup season 2022 – 2023
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Coach Xavi helped Barcelona win La Liga and the Spanish Suρer Cup in the 2022 – 2023 season. But in the 2023 – 2024 season, they are in a empty-handed situation, after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the King’s Cup. In La Liga, Barcelona is losing to rival Real Madrid by 11 points and lost all 3 “Suρer Classic” matches when facing this opponent throughout the season (including 2 matches in La Liga and 1 Western Suρer Cup final). Spain).
Continuously losing to Real Madrid made coach Xavi disappointed and wаnted to leave Barcelona, so that the team could have bigger changes in the 2024 – 2025 season. However, Mr. Joan Laporta convinced coach Xavi to stay, because there was The belief that this coach can bring the Catalan team back to glory after 3 seasons has helped the team gradually stabilize and make progress since the Messi era.
