Emery and Xavi, from the grass to the bench immediately

Unai emery has stood out and valued the arrival from Xavi Hernández to Barcelona, pointing out that his move from the grass to the benches was something that had already been seen coming for a long time. The Basque technician has valued the step from player to coach so fast, swapping boots for the coaches outfit immediately and almost at the final whistle of the last game of his career.

A very similar situation which Emery himself lived, that being a Lorca player and being injured, he went directly to the team bench, to stay permanently.

And is that of Emery arrived at Lorca What coach-player, since in his last season he reached the bench after the dismissal of Quique Iagüe as a coach in the middle of the course.

In the case of Xavi Hernández the jump was also sung, although he had already hung up his boots, and after his last season at Al Sadd.

Like Emery did, they were both in the field already in coach mode, something that the Basque coach assures that “is a good learning process”.

Adding that Xavi as a player “I already thought as a coach and then leading your team is good learning. I think he arrives at Barcelona at the right time and my impression is good. On the field he was very intelligent, being a player is not the same as a coach, but there are players who have that ability. “