Barcelona Atletic boss Rafael Marquez is once again the best-placed coach to take over from Xavi Hernandez, following reports that the senior coach will not be there next season.
It seemed that Xavi Hernandez would leave his post as Barcelona manager at the end of the current season. However, earlier this month, the Spanish legend made a turnaround in his decision and opted to stay.
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo sat out their 1-0 win over Real Sociedad on the bench, and was left out of the squad entirely against Almeria, despite returning to training.
Before Barcelona’s 2-0 victory over Almeria, multiple sources reported that Xavi Hernandez could be sacked as early as next week, despite only recently committing his future to the club for another season.
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez did what he said he would not for several months of 2024 – change his mind on his future of the club. In a chaotic week,
Barcelona may or may not be able to make a star signing this summer, but somebody at the club is making it clear they want to. After it emerged that Athletic Club’s Nico Williams was their top target to strengthen the attack, further details have come to light.
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has told the media that Vitor Roque is still growing as a player, and that he does not understand the debate over his lack of game time.
Barcelona’s season has been one of little stability, with ups and downs, and few moments of comfort for anyone. However there is a clear stretch in which things went best, and that was after Andreas Christensen moved into midfield.
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has told the press that handling starlet Lamine Yamal can be ‘difficult’ at a tactical. The 16-year-old scored the opener and ultimately the winner for Barcelona against Real Sociedad, but the lack of game time for Vitor Roque was once again the main talking point.
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez reportedly was not on board with the signing of Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid last summer, and he will again be against it this time round.
Barcelona take on Real Sociedad at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in their penultimate home game of the season, with a chance to move back into second place above Girona, after their Catalan neighbours drew with Alaves on Friday.
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has given his approval to Barcelona Sporting Director Deco to sign Real Betis’ Guido Rodriguez. The 30-year-old midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season, and has reached an agreement with the Catalan side.
Xavi Hernandez has revealed the key position Barcelona have come up short in this season. La Blaugrana are battling to finish in second place in the run in with Real Madrid ending their La Liga title defence.
Barcelona value themselves for having a very good group of young players, and they tied down one of the most impressive to a new contract earlier this week, that being Pau Cubarsi.
In recent days, there has been increasingly speculation on the future of Robert Lewandowski at Barcelona. Club officials, among them Xavi Hernandez, are reportedly keen to offload the Polish striker in the summer, given that his departure would significantly help with the financial situation.
Barcelona’s primary goal for the coming weeks and months is to return to La Liga’s 1:1 rule, which would allow them to sign players this summer without any financial restrictions.
Barcelona are open to a shock sale this summer with Raphinha potentially offloaded. La Blaugrana are planning changes ahead of the 2024/25 season with Xavi Hernandez looking to raise transfer funds via player sales.
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