FC Barcelona | Xavi’s succession causes crisis in Barca management
Xavi Hernandez will remain on the Barcelona bench for another year. The technician decided to continue the project. until June 2025, when his relationship with Barça ends and President Joan Laporta accepted it.
This determination met with a head-on collision, as Jordi Baste explained in the morning program “El mon a RAC1”. with the board’s earlier decision to drop Xavi at the end of the year.
Laporta would justify the change of scenery, Baste continued: due to Xavi’s demand to receive the remaining year of his contract if he leaves in June.
Managers attended with disbelief a media show that was organized at night in the house of Joan Laporta, which brought together leaders of the sports field, led by Deco, but with other figures such as vice-president Rafa Yuste and members of the technical secretary such as Enric Masip or Bojan Krkic.
Unrest on the board
A radical change in the club’s intentions would lead to a crisis in the board of directors. Baste assured that some of them may even resign after not taking into account what was approved by the board of directors.
It would not be good for his fellow board members if Rafa Yuste came out to talk to the media, and Masip nevertheless expressed a version that was more in line with the truth, saying that there are a variety of opinions.
Laporta-Xavi Pact
RAC1 information is supplemented agreement that Xavi would reach with the president. The club would ask him to take over his brother Oscar’s role as assistant coach and also change his physical preparation.
In its turn, The player from Terrassa would ask to improve the quality of the squad through important transfers.
After this episode Xavi will meet with his players this Thursday morning (11:00). to prepare for Monday’s league match against Valencia in Montjuic.