12:56Of the staff that worked with
Xavi in Doha they are out
Xavi Ferrando, goalkeeping coach and
Mario Jimenez, physical retrainer. The current coaching staff will continue
José Ramón de la Fuente, goalkeeper coach.
12:51The best matches of
Xavi They have come betting on a 3-4-3 offense and on the positional game, high pressure and two open ends.
12:30The
Barça still without announcing the signing of
Xavi as the new coach of the first team. Let us remember that at 1:00 p.m. the press conference of
Sergi Barjuan, interim technician, so there could be news shortly.
12:19During the 17 seasons that he wore Barça,
Xavi Hernandez He won a total of 25 trophies (8 Leagues, 3 King’s Cups, 4 Champions League, 6 Spanish Super Cups, 2 European Super Cups and 2 Club World Cups) and will now seek to expand his record from the bench.
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12:12The philosophy of
Xavi as a technician is marked by the influence of
Johan Cruyff and the style
Barça and he is clear that possession is the best way to generate chances and score goals.
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12:09After saying goodbye to the Barça club as a player in June 2015 after 17 seasons and 25 titles,
Xavi return now to
Barça to take on the challenge of the bench and place the club again among the greats.
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12:00Waiting for the
Barça announce the arrival of
Xavi, the coach will finally arrive on the Camp Nou bench together with seven members of his work team: the assistants
Òscar Hernández and
Sergio Alegre; a physical trainer,
Ivan Torres; three analysts,
David Prats,
Sergio garcia and
Toni Lobo, and a physiotherapist,
Carlos Nogueira.
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11:59The
Barça the signing of
Xavi as the new coach of the first team and we will see if in the next few minutes there is also a statement to announce the arrival of the coach.
11:56According to the statement from
Al Sadd, the
Barça has paid the termination clause of
Xavi, estimated at 5 million euros, for the Egarense to become the next Barça coach.
11:53Turki Al-Ali, CEO of the
Al Sadd: “Xavi and his family will be welcomed in Doha and the relationship will continue.”
11:53Turki Al-Ali, CEO of the
Al Sadd: “Xavi informed us in the last days of his desire to go through the Barcelona experience at this particular moment through the critical stage that his city club is going through, and we understand that and decided not to stand in his way. “
11:51Turki Al-Ali, CEO of the
Al Sadd: “The administration agreed on the transfer of Xavi to Barcelona after paying the penalty clause stipulated in the contract. We agreed with Barcelona a practical cooperation in the future, Xavi is an important part of the history of Al Sadd. We wish him all the success in the next stage. “
11:49EYE! THE AL SADD CONFIRMS THE DEPARTURE OF XAVI!
The Qatari club announced that the
Barça will pay the termination clause to get the signing of
Xavi as the new Barça coach.
11:45Waiting for the official announcement,
Xavi Hernandez will be the nineteenth Catalan coach to lead the first team of the
FC Barcelona.
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11:43The meeting was positive and both from the environment of
Xavi as in the
FC Barcelona They believe that finally there will be an agreement and the clause will not have to be paid, estimated at 5 million euros
11:37After that first meeting with the emissaries of the
FC Barcelona, with whom they continued specifying details of their arrival at the Camp Nou, the Barça delegation held a new meeting with the leaders of the
Al Sadd, While
Xavi he went to his appointment with
Al
Thani, the sheikh of
Al Sadd.
11:36Xavi he began yesterday’s day meeting with his brother and assistant,
Òscar Hernández, with their agents
Fernando Solanas and
Arturo Canales and with the Barça delegation, made up of
Matthew
German and
Rafa Yuste.
11:31Pending the outcome of the case after the meeting between
Xavi and the sheikh,
Mateu Alemany and
Rafa Yuste events await at the Doha hotel.
11:30Xavi was waiting to meet this noon with
Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani, the sheikh of
Al Sadd, to certify his goodbye to the Qatari club. Everything seems agreed and in Barcelona everything is ready to officially announce his signing.
11:28The
Barça is about to close the signing of
Xavi Hernandez to take the reins of the first team and it is expected that today a definitive agreement will be reached with the
Al Sadd upon your departure.
11:26Good morning and welcome to the live of the last hour about the signing of
Xavi Hernandez as coach of the
FC Barcelona!