The day of the Classic was surprised by the large Saudi presence in the noble area of the Camp Nou. Xavi Laporta, brother of the president, was in charge of entertaining the guests accordingly in the Llotja. Hours later, the agreement that will take FC Barcelona to Riyadh on December 14 to play a friendly with Boca Juniors was known, a tribute to Maradona. The Blaugrana club will charge 2 million euros for participating in this match in Saudi Arabia, an amount significantly less than the 5 million euros that Barça would pay to the Emir of Qatar for the freedom of Xavi Hernandez if they do not reach another agreement. The president has not wanted to travel to the country that he has criticized so much and has avoided a photograph that would have accompanied him throughout his term. Surely for consistency he will also distance himself with the Saudi royalty.
THE CASE IS THAT WITH FRIENDLY through or paying the clause, today it will be made official that Xavi go back home. The coach returns with the intention of uniting Barcelona, although his function is different: to make the Barça play your best and win games with a young, quality squad. Xavi He tries to end the ‘isms’ when what he has to do is coach, that the team works not only tactically but also physically and that within the organization there is no lack of a psychologist as Rijkaard had with Inma Puig, which Xavi knows well, because the recurring injuries in this team are not just a training problem.
XAVI HAS TO FOCUS ON GIVING HIM personality to the team. He has a different footballer, Ansu Fati, but unfortunately the one with the most overflow, Dembele, has been injured again and there the mood and pressure weighs. We all want to see Xavi on the Barça bench acting as coach, transmitting to La Masia players what he was taught one day Van Gaal, Rijkaard, Guardiola, Tito, Luis Enrique, Luis Aragonés and Del Bosque. Xavi knows more than anyone that the style depends on the players you have