Porque going a bit too hard on the Xavi narrative without a bit of context these days.
He's a new coach of course he was gonna go with players the he knows I.E Alonso, do you think Xavi was in qatar scouting all of Europe & S.A for every little player that has a name like the Barca forum scouts? Under our circumstances it's understandable especially especially when on a free, he moved for Alonso.
Cancelo is one of the best FB in the world & in his prime would be sily if he didn't go after him, if we could get him on a loan, over spending 20m on potential right this moment, gotta pick your poison.
You can't then throw out the 1 opportunity he's had to choose a young player over an established one, and every quickly chose the former, by saying oh blades talent was undeniable, because it most certainly wasn't, especially by the forum scouts , a look at his Trend will tell us that.
Very very few people would have bought Balde last summer if given the chance (me being one 😊 lol)
They're many coaches who would still choose alba over Balde last season, those are the coaches who strictly believe in vets only, Xavi quickly boated Alba.
So if anything what has been shown so far is he will choose the young talent Over the established player, if they show they are good enough.
No chance in a cold rainy night in stoke, xavi who played with a generation of masia players doesn't believe in youth, but our situation & context matters.
PS we definitely have the cash to sign this case, but tebas and his stupid rules are what they are.