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After a frantic few hours last night, FC Barcelona have decided that they will continue with Xavi Hernandez as their manager beyond this season. A lot happened on Wednesday evening, with reports hinting that Xavi would be leaving before a meeting took place between him and sporting director Deco. Simultaneously, there was a meeting at Joan Laporta’s house between himself …

Man City will be hoping to take advantage of Liverpool’s defeat against Everton to leapfrog the Reds into second place in the Premier League. In order to do that they’ll need to defeat Brighton away but it’ll be a tough ask as Robert De Zerbi’s side have lost just twice at home in the Premier League this season. A draw …

Last night was a busy one at FC Barcelona as there were multiple, long meetings taking place to resolve the future of manager Xavi Hernandez. The 44-year-old Spaniard held a long meeting with sporting director Deco at the club facilities while president Joan Laporta and vice president Rafa Yuste met at the former’s residence. Later, Xavi and Deco joined Laporta …

A long meeting between Barcelona manager Xavi and the board of directors yesterday managed to do the unthinkable – reverse the coach’s decision to leave. As revealed last night, Xavi will stay at Barcelona until 2025 and see out his contract with the club barring any last-minute changes. Club President Joan Laporta, in fact, is set to make an official …

Xavi’s public announcement of his decision to leave Barcelona at the end of the season back in January provided the dressing room with just the right push that they required to get back on track. From that point, until the unfortunate collapse against PSG, Barcelona looked cohesive, dominant and like genuine title contenders on all fronts. It was not only …

Morning all. I watched last night’s Merseyside derby more in hope than expectation – after all, the last time Everton beat Liverpool at home was October 17th 2010, when a certain Mikel Arteta scored their second goal in a 2-0 win. I don’t watch Liverpool enough to know if this was completely atypical of them, but they had 76% possession, …

The colossal collapse to PSG in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for Xavi as Barcelona manager. After all, the manager had strongly advocated for months that he would leave at the end of the season, and a defeat of such proportion would certainly not help in creating …

Barcelona appear to have finally resolved the future of Xavi Hernandez. The Spaniard has decided to stay at Camp Nou despite announcing earlier that he would like to leave the club. Xavi’s contract at Barcelona lasts until 2025 and it seems he is now ready to fulfil the contract. The coach’s decision to stay could go a long way in …

Eddie Howe has not held back in his assessment of last night’s 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace, revealing how “baffled” he was by certain aspects of our performance. Speaking to the media after our 10th away defeat of the season, the boss criticised our lack of quality in possession and constant reluctance to shoot, feeling it was a real “missed …

As we brace ourselves for the penultimate round of Championship fixtures, battles at both ends of the table are going down to the wire. With a host of clubs still scrapping it out in this season’s relegation scrap, we look set for a season-defining afternoon of Championship action. For those of you looking to stick on a Saturday acca, we …