For now and the next 2-4 years I would have preferred Ten Haag or Gallardo or even Nagelsmann. I dont know how it will work out with Xavi. In a club where we already have problems with players who have too much too say, then I dont know how smart it is to make a personal friends of them a coach. I would have waited with Xavi to the players he played with had left.
But I definitely see something in Xavi which can make him a great coach. I hope he gets 100% commitent from the board and I hope he is clever enough to see this himself.
And btw, maybe its not bad that he comes now instead of summer. Now is basically a free season. If he doesn't win anything, cules won't blame him for anything. But next season we will expect trophies.