Xavi Hernández

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

I think deep in Xavi's heart he has still the belief that he will stay if he is doing well in cl, so he will do everything for that. The statement was clever tough as now media and fans will be calmer if team struggles in la liga

 

[serghei]

Club should focus on getting the right manager next. Dominating this Madrid domestically and going far in CL is a monumental challenge. It is not going to be as easy as some think lol.

Some are gonna be in for a really nasty surprise is my bet.

 

[JamDav1982]

Literally no one is expecting Barca to dominate Real and thats not why Xavi is leaving.

The next coach most likely doesnt have the money Xavi did and a stronger Real with Mbappe also.

But Xavi is leaving as the team look a shambles recently and the excuses have run out.

 

[JohnN]

dominate madrid?? what about not conceding 5 goals at home against Midtable teams? that sounds like a good target.

 

[serghei]

Literally no one is expecting Barca to dominate Real and thats not why Xavi is leaving.

The next coach most likely doesnt have the money Xavi did and a stronger Real with Mbappe also.

Next guy is gonna have to do at least as well as Xavi did. League title is his minimum. He is not gonna survive without big titles. Nobody is gonna demand big title in his 1st year, but in the 2nd season, he has to deliver.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

The next coach who comes here wont have it easy to convince Serghei

 

[khaled_a_d]

Pirlo went from Juve to Karagumruk in Turkey to Sampdoria in Serie B.


Xavi could do something similar. In truth the LaLiga win will be looked on positively, but everything from there has been downhill.

He may do well in another team though, where he isn't forced to try and play attacking football. That has been his undoing this year.

Xavi has 2 league titles in his resume. Pirlo ended a 9 consecutive league runs for Juve.
Xavi is tiers above the likes of Lampard, Gerard & Pirlo whom fans want to compare him to.
There are dozens of tiers of bad, dozens of tiers for average, same for above average then good, great etc.
Pirlo is in the terrible territory, Xavi is in the average and close to the above average tiers.

He will get decent offers, just not Barca caliber.
Question is whether he will be interested, especially with his wife who was a driving force in his stay in Qatar (said she prefers to raise her kids there over Spain for example)

 

[JamDav1982]

Atletico win tonight and Barca are only 2 points ahead of Bilbao in 5th and still have R Madrid, Atletico, Girona and Bilbao to play away from home.

The team absolutely have to pick near enough max points in these next 4 games.

 

[serghei]

The next coach who comes here wont have it easy to convince Serghei

He can do it. Madrid haven't defended a league title in 15 years. They are gonna get the title this season, and in the next season Barca can claim it back.

It's not easy, but not an incredible feat either.

 

[JamDav1982]

Next guy is gonna have to do at least as well as Xavi did. League title is his minimum. He is not gonna survive without big titles. Nobody is gonna demand big title in his 1st year, but in the 2nd season, he has to deliver.

Nah he doesnt. It is relative to where Real etc are as a team.

But the next coach clearly will have to improve the shambles Xavi has left behind at this stage and try to rework from his signings etc.

 

[Daisymorr]

Loved Xavi as a player but he never gave me confidence as a manager.
Doesn't make good in-game changes, often looks limited with his ideas.
He is probably a good coach but he is been judged on his predecessors and everyone was hoping he would be Pep 2.0.
Pep is a genius and it was too optimistic to hope Xavi would be the same.

 

[Devils]

Him staying until June is more to do with Laporta being a coward than any benefits to the team.

Any other top team in the world he would have been sacked and an interim manager bought in to the minimize season's losses.

Keeping Xavi is and allowing to determine his own exit timelines is again a cowardice from Laporta and shows this club operates as a charity more than a business.

Keeping him here effectively throws away CL progression and risk top 4. Sorry, there is just no way you can say that Barca under Xavi are better than Bilbao or Atletico. Far better coached teams than Barca.

 

[Birdy]

The locker-room is gonna have the chance to prove they are great players.

Just compete hard under the next guy, win titles, and fans are gonna be happy.

Life goes on, another cycle on the horizon. All that matters is the club achieving success. Everyone is expendable. The club above all and anyone.

Can't moan the manager is replaced after a bad season. Nobody said being a Barca manager is easy.

Off-topic stuff as usual.
The locker room had his respect. We know how it is when the locker room 'eats up' a coach: look at poor Setien, when he was eaten alive by the parasitic Amigos
The reason he is leaving is not 'a bad season' either. Stop playing the stupid card.
The reason is is the horrible football.

Pulling levers for Xavi will go down as one of the worst decision made ever by any barca board

 

[Birdy]

Xavi has 2 league titles in his resume. Pirlo ended a 9 consecutive league runs for Juve.
Xavi is tiers above the likes of Lampard, Gerard & Pirlo whom fans want to compare him to.
There are dozens of tiers of bad, dozens of tiers for average, same for above average then good, great etc.
Pirlo is in the terrible territory, Xavi is in the average and close to the above average tiers.

He will get decent offers, just not Barca caliber.
Question is whether he will be interested, especially with his wife who was a driving force in his stay in Qatar (said she prefers to raise her kids there over Spain for example)

The Juve run would have ended that season no matter who was the coach. It was obvious from the narrow and difficult win the season before. Conte would have won that even against Allegri, Sarri,, you name it

Now, Xavi is absolutely comparable to all that lot: Lampard, Gerard, Pirlo.
All of them took advantage of their legend status as players to skip the queue of coaching levels and jump to the highest throne without deserving it, and without earning it by their work shown.
The fact that he won the league is immaterial, as he is in a league where he has 1.5 opponents for it every season, not in a league where the best coach

Right now, all of them are in the 'average'/'uncertain' territory, and their jobs and works shown in the next 10 years will define who is better than the other.
What I can see with some certainly (let's say 90%, because you never know), is that NONE of them will become WC tier coach like Pep or Klopp for instance

 

[serghei]

Nah he doesnt. It is relative to where Real etc are as a team.

But the next coach clearly will have to improve the shambles Xavi has left behind at this stage and try to rework from his signings etc.

Titles are the main thing that matters mate.