Assistant Sergi Barjuan has since filled in as interim. The managerial change comes in a season in which Barcelona is navigating financial challenges brought about by recent years of mismanagement. The purse strings have tightened, preventing it from re-signing club icon Messi during the summer and limiting spending on the player market. The situation has increased the club's dependence on the youth products emerging from its famed La Masia academy, of which Xavi is also a graduate.
Xavi spent 17 seasons at the club and came through its youth system. He is one of the most decorated players in Barca's history, having won 25 trophies at Camp Nou between and , including eight La Liga titles and the Champions League.
His appearances for Barcelona have only been surpassed by Messi. As someone who helped set the standard for the club during its glory years, he will be trusted and afforded time by supporters to help the team get back on track. Xavi is intimately familiar with the club ethos, he will back and develop the club's young players, and he will not commit the same public missteps that Koeman did with some of his comments that didn't sit well with the fanbase.
The biggest gripe supporters had with Koeman was the direct playing style he was imposing on the team, heavily reliant on crosses, which was antithetical to the Barcelona philosophy but which he felt was necessary based on the available personnel. Xavi will surely get the team back to playing its passing-based style in which he was a central cog.
Xavi has already shown that he can implement that style when he became manager of Qatar's Al Sadd in after playing four seasons at the club prior to retiring. Following this match, Xavi became the most veteran player for Barcelona of all time. During his last season in the Barca family, he was named the captain of the team.
Ha also made his th appearances in La Liga- the then 8th highest of all time. Thus Barcelona became the first club in history to win the treble of domestic league, domestic cup, and European Cup twice.
He left Barcelona after 24 years and became a part of a Qatar club Al Sadd for three years in On 13 September , he made his debut for Al-Sadd in a 4—0 win over Mesaimeer, assisting in the team's first goal.
In the following match, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2—2 draw with Umm Salal. He has made overall 60 appearances for the team and scored at 18 times. Xavi has been an integral part of national team of Spain at various age stages. In the three matches under his command, the team drew with Alaves, won at Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League and drew at Celta Vigo on Saturday after squandering a three-goal lead.
Xavi played for Barcelona until , helping the club win 25 trophies, including four Champions Leagues and eight Spanish leagues in 17 seasons. He was also key to Spain's run of titles when it won the World Cup in and the European Championship in and He had been at Al-Sadd since leaving Barcelona, first as a player and then as coach. He leaves with the team top of the Qatari league after nine games as it attempts to retain its title. Xavi turned down his first chance to coach Barcelona in January after Ernesto Valverde was fired in the middle of the season.
Share - WeChat. The year-old former Barca player has been installed as head coach until following the firing of Ronald Koeman. Agencies via Xinhua. Xavi snubbed Brazil for return to beloved Barca.
Wu keeps the faith for China's Cup challenge. Learning from history a secret of the CPC's success: Expert. Milestones in years of the Communist Party of China. Speak to those who have studied his teams closer than anyone else and it seems that the year-old Catalan has spent his time practising precisely what he has long preached.
Bjarki Mar Olafsson knows Xavi's methods better than most. Olafsson did the analysis. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. Xavi signed for Al Sadd in , spending four seasons with the club as a player before taking over as coach.
During that time, the team's approach evolved considerably. But what Al Sadd was before was a side that depended a lot on individual qualities to make the difference. As soon as he took over, what I liked a lot was that it was all about collectivism. But he is able to bring out collectivism in all phases of play and make the team work together.
He is able to get the best out of every player and harvest the quality of every single one to work for the team. I really like that about him. He had to make a lot of difficult decisions but what he has been able to do is create a unit and manage the group really well.
It has been fantastic to see. Last season, they won the title by 13 points, scoring the most goals, conceding the fewest goals, and remaining unbeaten throughout.
They also won both cup competitions. Dominating every single phase of play. When they don't have the ball it is such an intense, high-pressing style.
They just want to have the ball at all times.
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