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Later on Wednesday night, Barcelona held a high-profile meeting at the residence of Joan Laporta to finalize the future of Xavi.
The manager, who remained firm about his desire to leave the club in June throughout recent months, agreed to stay as part of the same meeting albeit with certain guarantees in terms of signings.
While news of the manager’s continuity took over media by storm, an official announcement of the same was awaited before celebrations in Catalonia began.
Speaking to the media in a special interaction earlier today, club president Joan Laporta confirmed that Xavi would continue at Barcelona despite his initial desire to leave, saying,
“Good morning everyone. I am pleased to announce that Xavi continues as coach of Barça’s first team. He made some statements that he had considered leaving, but yesterday he gave me the illusion of the project and the team.”
The Spanish businessman went on to elaborate on Xavi’s desire to achieve more with Barcelona and the proceedings of yesterday’s meeting.
“The ambition he has is to continue winning, now being more competitive. Some changes will be made to improve. Since we saw each other yesterday, it was clear to us that it was good news.”
Laporta then insisted that stability was very important in an ongoing project and that a change of manager at this juncture was not the right way forward.
“Stability is a maxim in successful projects, especially for this one. Xavi is an indisputable Barcelona player. We understand it the same way.”
“When we analyze things, our coach always thinks about the best for Barça. It’s great news that Xavi continues,” he added.
Speaking on Xavi’s influence on the team’s youngsters and what it meant to the dressing room that he would continue, he said,
“The team we have, which is consolidating, with very young people, needs this stability. Xavi is a reference for young people and we can check it.”
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Author : Adithya Eshwarla
Publish date : 2024-04-25 11:59:07
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