Posted November 6, 2021 at 10:00 am by The editorial staff
Now FC Barcelona coach, a big challenge awaits Xavi. However, his arrival at the Catalan club was far from won.
After many twists and turns, FC Barcelona finally managed to come to an agreement with Al-Sadd for the transfer of Xavi. The arrival of the Spanish technician was made official on the Catalan club's Twitter account. The 2010 world champion therefore succeeds Ronald Koeman , dismissed a few days ago after another defeat in the league. Now, a big challenge awaits Xavi at Barça. But his arrival in the club culé was not without pitfalls.
“We all rowed so that it could be done”
In comments reported by Mundo Deportivo , the new coach of FC Barcelona revealed that the negotiations were clearly not easy: “The negotiations were difficult because my breach of contract had to be postponed and the new leases of all the staff had to be concluded. But both Vice-President Rafa Yuste and President and Mateu Alemany, we all rowed so that it could be done and with great enthusiasm. “