Xavi Hernández would have changed his mind about his future and will continue to lead the team FC Barcelonaas was known this Wednesday after the technical director had reached an agreement with the Catalan board to remain in his position for the next season.
The information was given by the specialist in the transfer market, Fabrizio Romano, who assured that the meeting held by both parties had a good ending with Joan Laporta convincing Xavi Hernandez to change his mind after having announced his departure at the end of this campaign.
According to a report from the newspaper Marca, the meeting would have taken place at Laporta’s house where in principle there was a conversation between the president and Xavi. Later other characters from the board would have joined. This same Wednesday the technician had already had a meeting with Deco.
The culé coach had assured months ago that he would not continue in his position despite the fact that he still had one year left on his contract (next season), alleging fatigue due to the pressure of directing the Barça team. Furthermore, the decision was made in the middle of an irregular moment for the team.
After Xavi’s announcement FC Barcelona They raised their level with a good streak of games without defeats, however, currently the Catalan team is eliminated from the Copa del Rey, the Champions League and 11 points behind Real Madrid in LaLiga, where they recently fell in the Clásico (3-2).
In this way, the FC Barcelona board would have achieved its goal of ensuring that Xavi Hernández fulfilled his contract that includes next season despite the fact that the expected objectives have not been achieved in this campaign in which they depend on a miracle to win LaLiga .
Rafa Márquez to keep waiting
The change of mind of Xavi Hernández and his continuity on the FC Barcelona bench leaves the Mexican without options Rafa Marquez to take over the reins of the Catalan first team for next season despite the fact that he was one of the candidates to replace the culé coach.
After having recently reached an agreement with the Catalan entity to continue leading FC Barcelona B for one more season, Kaiser de Michoacán had hoped to become the technical director of FC Barcelona, something that will have to wait at least one more season.
His good results with the Catalan reserve team, which is in second place in the second division B, gave life to the Mexican’s options, which remained a good option if Xavi kept his word and did not continue in the team. However, he will now have to continue waiting.
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