Barcelona fans can breathe easy: FC Barcelona will announce in the next few hours the signing of Xavi Hernández as Barcelona’s new coach. The coach, in the absence of a last meeting with the sheikh, hopes to give the go-ahead tonight to the Blaugrana delegation that is in Doha and announce it on Friday. In fact, both the vice president, Rafa Yuste, and the football director, Mateu Alemany, have changed their flights, since they were returning this Friday, in order to coincide with Xavi on his return home.
The truth is that the negotiations were dressed with some touches of drama after the confirmation of the resignation of Joan Laporta, since the owner of Al Sadd, Mohammed bin Al Thani, considered this gesture as a disregard for the Qatari club, owner of the coach Spanish. Nevertheless, the tension was lowered, especially after Xavi himself took a step forward to dislodge this situation and that they allow him to leave Qatar for free, without paying the 5 million clause.
If nothing changes in Xavi and Barcelona’s plans, tonight Xavi is expected to finish closing his departure from Al Sadd, that on Friday Barcelona make it official, that on Saturday they all travel together to Barcelona and that on Monday it will be presented. In this way, it would not overshadow the game played by Sergi Barjuan’s team in Vigo on Saturday.
