Posted on November 5, 2021 at 10:30 am by DM
Al-Sadd executives were furious to learn that Joan Laporta would not be on the trip to Qatar. Xavi should even have met with his officials to try to calm tensions.
The successor of Ronald Koeman should be announced this Friday according to information from the Spanish press. And the lucky one should be Xavi, at Al-Sadd, but who is expected to break his contract in the next few hours. A delegation from FC Barcelona has been in Qatar since Thursday to negotiate with the Spanish technician's club and full agreement could be found in the coming hours. However, tensions have recently arisen in this Xavi file, in particular because of Joan Laporta .
Al-Sadd furious with Laporta
< p> Present in Kiev to attend the Champions League match on Tuesday, Joan Laporta did not fly to Qatar and left Mateu Alemany and Rafa Yuste go to the Gulf country to negotiate the arrival of Xavi . An absence that greatly angered the leaders of Al-Sadd . As reported by Quim Domenech on the El Chiringuito set, Qatari officials were furious and Xavi was forced to intervene to ease tensions and prevent a conflagration. However, the Spanish journalist specifies that this episode should not call into question the arrival of the technician at FC Barcelona.