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XAVI EXTENDS CONTRACT AS AL-SADD MANAGER

Every Barcelona fan Andy anyone else associated with the Spanish La Liga giants hoping to see Xavi as their manager anytime soon will have to wait a little further as the former midfielder has extended his contract as Al-Sadd manager. Xavi has continued to be linked with the managerial role at the Camp Nou even after being appointed as the permanent boss at Al-Sadd.

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He was reportedly contacted for the Barca job some time ago after the sacking of QuiqueSetien, but he declined the offer back then with concerns that he is not fully ready for the job. At the time, he was already in management and was also doing a great job at Al-Sadd. He has instilled a brilliant footballing culture and an excellent pattern of play at his current club and those are the reasons the Barcelona board wants to lure him back to the club where he won a lot of trophies as a player.
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MASCHERANO: XAVI WILL BECOME BARCA MANAGER SOMEDAY

Although the Spanish club only recruited Ronald Koeman as their head coach, different rumors have still found their way into the spotlight about who will be the team’s next manager. When Barcelona fired QuiqueSetien as their manager last season, several reports started making the rounds linking different managers to the available vacancy.

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Former Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri was one of the top candidates linked to the job, while Thomas Tuchel (when he was still at Paris Saint-Germain) was also another name mentioned. Former Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri, who was struggling at Juventus, became the third name on the list as the Barca boss deliberated carefully on who to assign as their next manager.
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XAVI SAYS MESSI HAS PUT THE SUMMER TRANSFER SAGA BEHIND HIM

As club football season draws to a close gradually, all eyes are getting fixed on the upcoming transfer window that will be open for clubs this summer to allow them make additions to their squads. This summer may well have a lot of surprises in store for football fans across the world, with a lot of speculation surrounding the futures of several star players of big-name clubs, particularly that of Barcelona captain Lionel Messi.

Almost every football fan will remember last summer, if not for anything else, at least for the fact that one of football’s biggest transfer saga erupted and even though there was no actual transfer, the news still spread like wildfire in spilt seconds.
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APPEARANCE RECORD: MESSI MATCHES XAVI

Lionel Messi moved level with former Barcelona teammate Xavi Hernandez on the list of the most appearance makers at the Nou Camp at the weekend during the La Liga game with Alaves. Messi took his number of Spanish La Liga games in a Barcelona shirt to 505 when he was handed a start by manager Ronald Koeman in the 5-1 rout of DeportivoAlaves at home.

Xavi Hernandez played 505 times for Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga before leaving the club to hang up his boots in Qatar and ex-Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi has now matched his appearance record for Barcelona. Lionel Messi can break the record set by Xavi Hernandez many years ago if he features for Barcelona in the coming weekend. Continue reading APPEARANCE RECORD: MESSI MATCHES XAVI

VICTOR FONT PROMISES TO BRING BACK XAVI AS BARCELONA MANAGER

 

One of the candidates running for the Barcelona presidential post Victor Font has declared that should he be elected president, one of his main goals will be to appoint the club’s former midfielder Xavi Hernandez as the Spanish outfit’s next manager.


Both Font and the club’s former president Joan Laporta have been touted as favorites to win the election as they face competition against other rivals. The election is set to take place on the 24th of next month and the race is already bottling up as the winner will see out a six-year reign at the helm of the Spanish giants.
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SAVIOLA SAYS XAVI WILL BECOME BARCELONA COACH IN FUTURE

 

Despite Spanish side Barcelona opting to go for different other managers in their recent coach appointments, rumors keep making the rounds that the club will later in the future hire its former player Xavi to become its coach.

Xavi is the current manager at Qatar side Al Sadd but the rumors suggesting that he will one day coach Barcelona can’t stop circulating. A lot of former players have kept making the same prediction and the recent addition to that list is Javier Saviola. Continue reading SAVIOLA SAYS XAVI WILL BECOME BARCELONA COACH IN FUTURE

CARZOLA BELIEVES XAVI WILL BECOME BARCELONA MANAGER ONE DAY

 

Former Arsenal midfielder Santi Carzola believes Xavi will return to Barcelona one day as a coach when the time is right. Carzola who now plays under Xavi at Al Sadd was once teammates with the former Barcelona man for the Spain national team and thinks a Camp Nou return is on the cards for Xavi.


That time has not come yet though, as Xavi is still holding a coaching role at Al Sad, and Ronald Koeman recently taking up the Barcelona job after the Spanish giants sacked former manager Setien.
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