Nazario1985
Senior Member
Maybe?
Initial thought on this is no, Xavi would lose credibility both in being second at all, but primarily in being second to Koeman. He could be second to someone else somewhere else, but arriving as second and then succeeding as the first manager with the same players would be tough, especially for a fresh manager.
I don't think he'd agree very much with Koeman and would find it tough to cooperate with him, and I don't think Koeman would want him there, either.
Zidane accepted to make the B-Team pass and being assistant and we all know how it ended up.
Now is Xavi thinking about himself bigger than Zidane ? of course not he is not an idiot but for every man a unique experience.
Still not seing Xavi in Team-B is worrying.
I do agree that RK would not want him as he know the players will listen to Xavi and respect him more.
fun fact we once had the special one as an assistant manager