Xavi and Barça look for imaginative solutions with the clause

The soap opera Xavi continues burning stages without rest. Following the Al Sadd statement at noon announcing the agreement after the payment of the five million clause, events have precipitated one after another.

The first to react has been Barcelona, ​​not recognizing the agreement, much less the payment of the clause. Then it was Xavi’s environment who also made it very clear that he was not going to pay the five million euros.

As AS has learned, Xavi and the Barça representatives are now meeting looking for imaginative solutions to pay that amount. One of the options contemplated, and one that is gaining strength in the last hours, is that the compensation be half.

Al Sadd statement

Al Sadd made official at 1:49 p.m. (two hours earlier in Spain) the announcement that he had reached an agreement on Xavi’s departure, but keeping the penalty clause. The Qatari club, through its Twitter, explained the agreement: “The management has agreed to transfer Xavi to Barcelona after payment of the termination clause stipulated in the contract. We have agreed to cooperate with Barcelona in the future. Xavi is an important part of Al-Sadd’s story and we wish him every success. “

“Xavi informed us a few days ago of his desire to go to Barcelona at this specific moment, due to the critical stage that his hometown club is going through.d, and we understand it and decide not to get in your way. Xavi and his family will be welcomed in Doha and our relationship will continue. “

Right now, the FC Barcelona delegation, led by vice president Rafa Yuste and football director Mateu Alemany, are at the Al Sadd offices, together with Xavi and his agent, Fernando Solanas, to finish polishing the form of payment of the stipulated amount. Barça has not yet made the agreement official because it does not want to pay that figure.

LIt is true that there is a certain disappointment on the part of Xavi and Barcelona because the coach was convinced that he would be able to convince the sheikh to release him from the clause. However, the absence of Joan Laporta in the negotiations has complicated the agreement, since in Qatari culture it is a lack of respect when one of the parties does not want to negotiate at the same level, in this case between the sheikh and Laporta.

Return of the prodigal son

Everything indicates that Xavi will return to the club where he was born, but now as head of the first team. For this challenge, he will also be accompanied by several members of his staff at Al Sadd, who will follow him on this exciting journey that will begin next Monday when it is presented.

Xavi is a true living legend of Barcelona and the best football ambassador for Johan Cruyff. As a coach at Al Sadd, he has shown to be capable of implementing a philosophy very similar to the Blaugrana, with a positional, offensive and spectacular game. He has also been accompanied by successes as shown by the Achievement of seven titles in the two seasons that he has been in charge of the Qatari club. Before, as a player, he achieved four titles in four years.

Now Xavi returns home with the great challenge of excite the fans and return to the essence of the Blaugrana game. It will not be easy because the results will mark the season, but the second smallest of the Hernándezes is willing to take it on and push it forward.