Posted on November 10, 2021 at 11:00 p.m. by Th.B. FC Barcelona parted ways with Ronald Koeman at the very end of October before repatriating Xavi Hernandez to lead the club's squad. And according to Lluis Canut, the departure of Lionel Messi from PSG would have accelerated his return! The PSG recorded the arrival of Lionel Messi at the last offseason thanks to the free agent status which the six-fold Golden Ball had after the announcement on August 5 of FC Barcelona on the inability of the club culé to extend the contract of Messi for financial reasons. And while some members of FC Barcelona seemed to be excited for a long time to a collaboration between Lionel Messi as captain and Xavi Hernandez as coach, the Argentinian’s departure from PSG turned everything upside down. Indeed, last Saturday, FC Barcelona formalized the appointment of Xavi as coach of the blaugrana club. “Xavi comes to Barça because Messi is no longer part of the team” Nevertheless, according to Lluis Canut , journalist from Mundo Deportivo has makes a big revelation on the timing of the arrival of former glory culé Xavi Hernandez at FC Barcelona . The Spaniard is said to have made his comeback because Messi was no longer at the club. “If Xavi had come to Barca with Messi in the squad, he wouldn't have been the leader, because the leader was Messi. Now Xavi comes to Barca because Messi is no longer on the team. ” confided Canut on the set of La Porteria. Skip back to main navigation