Xavi says goodbye to Barcelona? ‘I hope they miss me’ | TUDN La Liga

“I don’t know if it’s unfair to me or not, but these things happen very often, and it doesn’t go any further… at this club we always appreciate people when they start to leave, I think that’s the biggest injustice.

“Now they appreciate the work of Ernesto Valverde (current Athletic coach), Koeman or Sergio Busquets, now he is missing when in four years we destroyed him, like Jordi Alba… there is something to think about. I hope you miss me too“, Xavi said at a press conference before the match with Villarreal this Saturday.

Despite the criticism, the Spanish coach has valued his work at Barca, winning two titles (the League and the Spanish Super Cup) since taking charge in November 2021, months after a stormy exit Lionel Messi and in the midst of an economic crisis that continues to leave its effects.

“I think we’re doing a good job, it’s not that I’m praising myself, it’s that everyone, the board, the players, socially and economically, have put in a great effort, we’re competing. “I think it’s a lot now, last year it was won, this year there are two more titles on the line and in June we’ll see where we are and make a decision,” he said.

Barcelona are in third place League with 44 points, seven behind Real Madrid and eight behind super leaders Girona. Besides, in UEFA Champions League They will face Napoli in the 1/8 finals.