There is already a date for Xavi’s arrival at Barça

Xavi Hernández is in a hurry to start his new adventure at FC Barcelona. The current Al Sadd coach had the intention of taking over the reins of the team this Sunday and travel to Kiev on the same Monday to sit on the bench in the momentous Champions League match. However, everything indicates that finally his landing in Barcelona will take a few days. As we anticipated in AS, the intention of the Sheikh owner of Al Sadd, Mohammed bin Hamad Royal, is that Xavi is in charge of the team until November 3, the day they play against Al Duhail, the great rival in the QSL: a victory would put the title on a silver platter by distancing themselves six points from the second. But a last minute meeting brings Xavi closer to Barça now. Mundo Deportivo talks that the agreement could be announced this weekend and that Xavi will land this Thursday.

Today Xavi has met again with the owner of the club to finish closing his exit from Al Sadd. Apart from the day of separation, the release clause is also on the air. The coach has the word of the sheikh that if the departure takes place in an orderly manner they will release him from the payment of compensation, which It is not a million euros, as had been speculated in some mediaIf not, the amount fixed, as AS has learned, is much higher. Now, according to Mundo Deportivo, the agreement between Xavi and the club is very close and it is expected that even this weekend Barça will be able to officially announce his hiring. There is even talk of November 4, Thursday, as the landing date of the mythical midfielder in Barcelona.

The ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ signed by word of mouth between Xavi and the club’s owner They invite you to think that there will be no problem when it comes to solving this section and being able to leave the club without paying any compensation.

Once the agreement with Al Sadd has been reached, Xavi will have to finish agreeing on his arrival in Barcelona. His negotiations with the Blaugrana club are well advanced, but there are still several fringes and issues to be defined. Among the most important are the composition of the staff that will land in Barcelona. For now, six assistants are closed, but Xavi’s intention is to increase the number to ten: nine from Al Sadd and one from outside. On other issues, such as the amounts to be collected or the duration of the contract, in principle until 2024, it seems that everything is already closed.