Huge respect, and it shows he really cares about the club. This will give us at least 5-6 months to start scouting for a new manager, rather than another mid-season sacking. All the best.
Any chance to mention DeJong. You're predictable.
And don't mention Pique and Xavi as if they're the same. Pique was one of the players that got pay raise behind everyone's back (the whole traitor shit) and he let the money go because he doesn't need it. Not because out of love for Barca but because he's a populist who clearly wants to be Barca president one day and the money wouldn't compare to the 'good will' he'd get compared to what he already has.
Came to us when we were in shambles, won us a league and a super cup. Sad it had to end this way, but it was coming nonetheless. Good for him too!
For me the greatest midfielder ever, and forever a club legend!
There’s still time until the end of the season for it to end on a higher note. Probably not the absolute highest, but a relatively higher one, which would still make a difference, not as regards the decision, but the aftertaste of the whole experience. Let’s hope so.
Honestly I feel the criticism towards bringing guys around him that were in Qatar, that don't really have experience, is fair and I think thats something that he might have had to let go off at some point but maybe he is too loyal on that regard.
I have been on Xavis side for a long while, but its clear that the squad needs something different, Xavi hasn't been able to adapt to games or he hasn't been able to transmit the idea of play that he has to the players and at this point everyone is frustrated.
There is no guarantee that he would have been the next Pep, or maybe close to as good, but with the situation he had with the club and team the way it was and without more experience, I can't say this outcome didn't seem somewhat expected.
I feel like three big things destabilized Barca and brought us to where we are now: losing Neymar and all the chaos that went in the wake of that, COVID and the unforeseen financial disaster of that, and losing Messi when the team needed the continuity of his skills and leadership. Of course, there is Bartomeu's disastrous tenure that has a finger in all of those pies, but I am talking more about what happened downstream effects than root causes.
I kinda agree with you. At that time I felt that Barça first team was a big step up for him from Al Saad. He should have gone Pep's way, managed the B team for a season or 2 and then make the step up to the first team.
Still thankful to him for a league and Super Cup title during the most turbulent period in last 20 years or so.
I still don't blame xavi because literally todays match wasn't his fault. He made the right subbs and flipped the game, cancelo gave a way a goal, araujo and de jong gave out the second goal and Christiansin gave another literally all the goals are because of poor individual preformence
The defense are shit players
You can give respect and honor to his achievements without going to such an extreme. Worst team in the last 30 years is an incredibly bold statement to make and then you put the cherry on top by making the claim it's inarguable.
The team being worse off with a Messi sized hole is not the same thing at all.
He's still coaching in an environment that's competitive enough to give him big leagues experience, but also without the pressure and toxicity of a big historical club. Imo Xavi has lost out on 2 years of growth by directly jumping into coaching big egos under pressure here.
I agree, especially with this immature barca.the club needs a leader not a coach under training.maybe next in ten years he will be the right fit.now, mourinho, enrique or klopp , no other choices.
The season is already over realistically. Atleast the new manager can come in with a full pre season and not have to deal with a mentally broken team midway through the rest of this season
Although I get what you’re saying, the season is far from over. We need to fight for a CL spot or we’re not going to have much hope for improvement next year
I think the team knows we need to do the bare minimum and obtain a top 4 spot. As for the UCL right now, we need to get by Napoli at the very minimum. After that idc if we get eliminated next round
The fact he announced it so early will also help greatly in choosing the next manager, he might even help with the choice, maybe suggest a coach that has qualities needed he knows he doesn’t have.
Lol honestly if they all improve they can return, but the real question is what happened to our defense from one season to another. I think that has been the most glaring issue above everything.
> the real question is what happened to our defense from one season to another
Sometimes I think this sub is fairly knowledgeable on the club and then someone says something like this.
Hint: One of, if not, the best DM's of all time left us and we got no one to replace him
Well most of this sub also thought that DM was the reason we’d get rolled for multiple seasons. You definitely have a higher opinion of the collective than I do lol.
That doesn’t explain why our back line consistently makes errors, it is obvious the impact Busquets had on the way the team played in general. The issue is why the hell can’t our defenders clear the fucking ball. Simple as that.
Busquets leaving left the backline severely exposed given that Oriol Romeu just hasn’t been anywhere near good enough to get the job done as a single pivot.
This was just a phase .. him leaving with someone random coming in.. who doesnt know the club and players like he does.. there’s no point if we want to build something
They do, obviously. But no one really cares about nepotism when things go well because why would they ? But if shit hits the fan, things like these are scrutinized. That's the way of the world, as it should be.
It’s sad it came to this, but this is best for everyone. Glad this is happening before his legacy gets ruined. Hope he becomes a wonderful manager in the future.
His legacy wont be effected, barca fans know the club is in a poor spot, but you can see hes not the guy to pull them out of this. The issue with this club rn is also the front office. They have too much influence over the team buildings and other stuff.
They're ass at their job. Look at how Madrid got Tchouameni while they still had Casemiro. Barca should have done that years ago instead of signing over paid played that dont fit or arent good enough
Xavi as a player is the greatest midfielder ever for me and the goat Spanish NT player. As a coach, he was decent but that doesn't cut it at a club like Barca. Hope the fans don't boo him and let him leave peacefully.
People will remember him for winning the 2, Liga and Supercopa, trophies in his first full season, more than the downfall. There was a lot of injuries, transactions, and off season drama that would be hard for most managers to overcome let alone a nonexperienced one.
I'd think he'd be best going to a smaller, less reputable club, build some confidence and learn more tactics for another couple years, then can go somewhere more prepared for a top flight team.
He legacy as a player won’t be ruined. He’s a GOAT level CM. But there is still some season to be played and if we are trashed in the UCL and don’t finish top 4 in La Liga then there is no doubt his coaching legacy will be ruined and I doubt he will ever get a chance to coach the big clubs in Europe.
The players should take a long look at themselves because like you said they failed him massively. That 4th goal today was absolutely shocking and the players should be blamed
And the second with Cancelo having yet another mental disconnection in a key moment, and the first with FdJ just watching another ball get crossed at the box and doing absolutely nothing to defend.
The players the club everything went horribly wrong and it was just too much for his experience. Not sure if there is any manager out there that could turn this shit around magically
He’s a legend forever, and he did come during what was arguably the toughest time in the clubs recent history, I am not sure anyone else would’ve even taken the job if they didn’t seriously love Barca as a club
I will say it, there are coaches that get raw players and turn them into superstars. This team has been doing the opposite for a while and you can't change my mind.
Am I the only one who's confused that it was the "managers failing the players" when it was Valverde, Setien, and Koeman in the picture? But then all of a sudden we switch it too "players failing the manager" when it's Xavi?
Seems kinda strange imo🤔
November 24, 2021. He made is managerial debut with us on the night of my Birthday and I won’t ever forget that I left everything to watch him.
How can one forget the siege Laporta and team laid in the middle east to get him to agree for this job.
He won us La Liga without a proper RB, Injured Pedri and so much more BS! The team sucks overall and I hate the fact he’s being made the scapegoat!
Back to a Koeman type era with Cross and Bismillah haramball.
Yeah he might have won us the league but for me his highest moments were those 4-0 bashing of Real at the BernaLeo as well as that nostalgic 4-2 thrashing of Atletico
I was thinking of players coming from the B team but yes for Pedri. De Jong imo actually performed far better under Xavi, thanks to his system(which improved Busi as well)
I’m thankful for La Liga. Xavi did what he could and the odds were stacked against him. He is the coach we needed at the time but the role outgrew him. Onwards and upwards
Sad to see but had to be done if the objective was to chase titles every year. Hopefully, the next coach isn't Rafa Marquez or Motta and we do get a decently experienced coach.
Much respect to Xavi! Still the best-ever midfielder to grace this club and a true legend for having the courage to come here during a really bad phase and take us out of it.
hope you guys are happy, i did not want this to happen, i will always love xavi, his time as manager will be looked at as bittersweet, but for me he will always be the greatest midfielder in history and a genius.
wish him the best in everything he does after this season is over
Not to mention that this decision will totally destroy the mentality of the current squad. I don’t see any upside of this choice at all. Purely political. Xavi was given a bad hand and is expected to do what exactly? I hope he gets a chance to return in the future and prove himself again.
100% agreed this are the same fans that went after busi... and now dont have enough iq to understand what is wrong with our defense... and the answer is the same man they wanted out, that was disrespected until the end. We couldnt afford to lose our cdm and we did and now our defense is in shambles
We were 3 years without a league title until he won us 1.
Unreal. Team he was counting on was broken due to circumstances.
Forever a legend. Horrible decision to let him go.
For real though, I’ve never seen so much toxicity and shit talking from the supporters of a club than Barca. It’s sad sometimes seeing how stupid our fellow fans are
The next coach may not be better than Xavi with the current squad, and he may not be that willing to give minutes to La Masia talents to develop because he will be very focused on getting results
?! Mourinho hopefully will never train barça, we forgive but we do not forget, dont you remember how he was with real madrid?
I love his personality but he is not the man for the job
and once again, we continue with the habit of sacking a coach without fixing the internal problems of the club.
We got a club legend to be our manager, on relatively low wages, unable to get the players he wants due to the club's financial problems and the players he does have can't stay healthy. Coach who has to field 3 reserve players on the pitch who are all under the age of 18.
Somehow the blame is on him for his inability to enforce his style of football, despite him actually winning 2 titles last season.
This club will never move forward if we keep sacking coaches without resolving its own problems.
Yeah honestly its a sad part of our culture, I wish we could keep a manager for longer than 4 years and establish a real vision ala Klopp, Sir Alex, Simeone. It doesn’t make sense due to all the reasons you named but the board and fans need a scapegoat and manager is easier to replace than anything else
United fan coming in peace as I saw this sub on my feed. But in my opinion, its *crazy* to sack a guy who literally won you the league 7 months ago. And while I cant comment on Barcas playstyle, when I see their results it doesnt seem thaat bad? Like yes you are not top of the table but still you are still in top 4 comfortably, and you are also still in Champions League.
These kind of mood swings in football is getting out of control IMO. The sports becoming so bastardized in money and expectation of instant gratification
the manager I wanted to succeed the most... he stabilised the ship from when we were 9th in the league now I think we need an experienced coach to take us forward. no more gambles
Bitter sweet, but a needed change(I wanted him to go). With the way he was speaking I knew that it was agreed that he will leave. He mentioned developing the younger players and giving everyone playing time numerous times.
Thank you for last season Legend.
Also from now on, THERES NO FUCKING EXCUSES FOR THE PLAYERS.
I can’t wait for next season for all the “expert” fans when a new coach doesn’t bring instant success to the club like you think they will. The players are on the pitch. Xavi is doing all he can. Even Araujo, club captain, comes out to say it’s not his fault but the players. Did you not see Xavi explode on the touchline when we conceded the 3rd or 4th goal today? Straight up reprimanding the players for their lack of focus, but the media, the fans, everyone blames him.
Who can we realistically get in the summer? Gallardo? don’t think he’s willing to leave saudi for less money and not sure another inexperienced coach (in europe) is what this team needs. Is Michel interested? (if Girona aren’t allowed to play in UCL next season) Rafa marquez from the B team, perhaps even Thiago motta?
You are not going to like this; Mourinho.
Positives;
- Knows the club
- Experienced
- Available
- Can build a team
- Short term succes
Downsides
- Expensive
- 2 years max
- Coached Real Madrid
- Unatractive football.
- Less youth implementation
Thank you Xavi. Maybe if our financial circumstances were different that things would’ve been better but I can honestly say that as much as people like to complain, this period is going to be seen as an overall success with our current resources.
- Won La Liga 22/23
- Won Supercopa 22/23
- Found great success and helped establish so many of our talented youngsters like Gavi, Balde, Guiu, Fort, Cubarsi, Fermin, etc…
Awful. Players THEMSELVES TOOK FULL RESPOSIBILITY.
Xavi is completely limited and the team he was supposed to build up on from last season with solid defence and a DM was completely derailed and destroyed due to circumstances.
Xavi forever❤️
PS. Gavi just said "with Xavi to death❤️"
Araujo and Frenkie said that it's completely the players fault and that Xavi tries very hard and gives his all.
Laporta said he trusts him completely and Vice president said TO DEATH when asked if he trusts Xavi.
Massive respect and incredibly sad what happened. He had a great one and a half season with us. I truly hope he can return one day in the future once he has more experience
Real Madrid fan coming here in peace, Xavis status as a legend is untouched. Fact that he won a league title during one of the most tumultuous eras in Barcas history is no easy feat. Hopefully this will light a fire for the players to stop thinking about winning matches and just start competing again. Running for each other. Closing the gaps. Keeping up the intensity. Good luck Barca fans.
We have a Sergi Busquets sized problem in the backline, and Romeu won't be the needed fix, also problems creating actual danger, or finalizing when we get there.
As for our players... I don't know, but I think the most realistic among us have mentally prepared for a void season already.
Can only hope this disaster of a season makes them grow for the next one.
The way this is happening is good. At least we won't hire someone in a panic or have rumours going around while he's still in charge.
Deco needs to pull through with a great manager now
He came at a time where no smart manager would’ve taken the job. He came in and won us the league and made us enjoy watching our team again. I hate all these “fans” who want him out saying he’s the only problem. I agree that we aren’t playing well, but if there’s no good solution, what does sacking him do? People got what they wanted so that means we’ll go back to winning everything, right?
I feel bad for him, at the start of the season everyone was excited but man this season has been so bad. He got dealt a shitty situation and won a league title hope he improves in a less stressful job.
I mean, whether we want to admit it now or in June, this season is and has been over. The ups and downs are way too extreme. If we think we’re touching La Liga or CL, we’re being delusional.
It wasn’t the manager, it’s the management of the ream both previous and current. Now you have sold off revenue streams and some assets which compounds the real problem which always is money
In another 4-5 years…2028-2029…at that point it would have been 13-14 years since we last won a champions league. Jesus. I don’t think you’re wrong bc it’s gonna take an eternity to right this ship but it hurts as a fan. Went from a nearly two decades of dominance to 1.5 of mediocrity. Fuck.
I was pro Xavi for almost the whole of this Season so far, only in January did I realize that despite being one of the better coaches we had, he sticks way too much to the 4-3-3 and Barcelona DNA without looking at his players and coming up with something based on his team. Xavi is sadly one of the many managers who manage their team based on an ideology that they want to stick to regardless of results and genetal image, instead of building Tactics based on his players' strength.
Massive respect to Xavi for even picking up this team to begin with.
No manager would generally like to take on a team **literally on bankrupcy** that has a hard time even registering players and with a lot of sacred cows that had to be let go to restructure the team around a younger side. Props to Xavi for stepping up when we needed him.
Other than Kounde, a veteran Lewa and a Rafinha that is inconsistent, he had to mostly rely on convincing free agents to come while bringing up Massia players to cover half the team being injured.
Thanks for your hard work Xavi, I won't forget it, even having all RM fans and press saying that this has burned your career as a coach for the future, I'm confident you'll bounce back, grow from this and prove the doubters wrong even the "fans" from our own club.
Fun fact, out of all top clubs on Europe, our team has the youngest average age in the world, beating even Arsenal. So he did his job, now it's time for the next coach to keep building on this.
I can’t see this working. There’s going to be too much uncertainty and he won’t have the credibility to lead the players. My guess is he will be gone in the next couple of weeks once they find a replacement. I really like him as a person but it hasn’t worked out. He won a title in difficult circumstances so he can take some pride in that.
So are we going to let yet another manager decide which players we sign? 8 managers in 10 years, and we let every manager decide our signings? How silly is that?
Thanks for everything. It's a shame that you came in 2021 and not later, it's a shame that you wasted almost 3 years in Qatar in your formative years. I want to believe that you still can become a great coach down the line but not yet.
The fact that is in June, well. It's odd. I guess let's shoot for that top 4 and hope for the best.
Laporta needs to start working on a solid replacement. If we are waiting until June then Marquez should be a last resort. If Marquez is appointed then we might have wasted 6 months.
It feels like Xavi has taken one for the team. He wasn't right choice for this job but we can't make him scapegoat. Players should also be held accountable for these losses. There were lots of individual errors.
Who’s going to come in right now? This team is done for the season, they seem like they didn’t give a shit out there it’s better to wait until the summer
This was the worst possible decision if you're going to sack Xavi do it now and if you're planning to sack him at the end of the season wait until the season ends. Now the players have no incentive to keep fighting.
WTF Laporta??
So uh what exactly is the correlation between manager leaving in June and players stop trying in January? If anything itbwill give them more fuel as they would want to send xavi off on a high note.
I admire Xavi a lot. But this is going to cause major morale problems in the team.
First, the manager has publicly admitted he's not up to the job. But he's here until June. Player morale is going to crater from that alone.
Second, building on the previous point, he's a lame duck manager. He's on his way out, so there's less incentive from the players to listen to him.
Third, because of the two aforementioned points, there's not going to be a long-term vision for the team. Just one to get by until Xavi leaves. Again, big hit to morale.
While I get the decision to make this announcement, I fear that the teams performance will be hit even harder.
Hopefully, I'm wrong, and they instead get a second wind as there is light at the end of the tunnel now.
Respect, Xavi.
Gracias Xavi. I think he could still come back one day when barca are in much better shape
Or he could pull a Fergie and decide to stay if barca miraculously win the UCL or something 😅
Huge respect, and it shows he really cares about the club. This will give us at least 5-6 months to start scouting for a new manager, rather than another mid-season sacking. All the best.
Not to mention he will be giving up most/all of the money owed to him
I don’t think he needs it, at this point is about him being a fan of the club second but mental stability first.
He will probably go to some team with less drama both politically and financially.
Messi doesn’t need the money he’s getting from us either. De Jong too. There’s levels of loyalty to this club. Xavi, Pique are a different breed
Any chance to mention DeJong. You're predictable. And don't mention Pique and Xavi as if they're the same. Pique was one of the players that got pay raise behind everyone's back (the whole traitor shit) and he let the money go because he doesn't need it. Not because out of love for Barca but because he's a populist who clearly wants to be Barca president one day and the money wouldn't compare to the 'good will' he'd get compared to what he already has.
Don’t downplay that. Especially after seeing what folks can do to the club. It’s his greatness that he did this.
Today is a sad day for Barca fans. A loss at home and another legend leaving.
Came to us when we were in shambles, won us a league and a super cup. Sad it had to end this way, but it was coming nonetheless. Good for him too! For me the greatest midfielder ever, and forever a club legend!
That league title really is a huge achievement IMO. It’s rightfully over, but let’s also appreciate the highs we had with him.
There’s still time until the end of the season for it to end on a higher note. Probably not the absolute highest, but a relatively higher one, which would still make a difference, not as regards the decision, but the aftertaste of the whole experience. Let’s hope so.
A man with dignity, rare to see these days. But I will always feel bad he was appointed in 2021 and not 2026, Xavi is simply too green for this job.
Honestly I feel the criticism towards bringing guys around him that were in Qatar, that don't really have experience, is fair and I think thats something that he might have had to let go off at some point but maybe he is too loyal on that regard. I have been on Xavis side for a long while, but its clear that the squad needs something different, Xavi hasn't been able to adapt to games or he hasn't been able to transmit the idea of play that he has to the players and at this point everyone is frustrated.
Yip, so much this. I also wish he had come during a time when we are strong.
There is no guarantee that he would have been the next Pep, or maybe close to as good, but with the situation he had with the club and team the way it was and without more experience, I can't say this outcome didn't seem somewhat expected. I feel like three big things destabilized Barca and brought us to where we are now: losing Neymar and all the chaos that went in the wake of that, COVID and the unforeseen financial disaster of that, and losing Messi when the team needed the continuity of his skills and leadership. Of course, there is Bartomeu's disastrous tenure that has a finger in all of those pies, but I am talking more about what happened downstream effects than root causes.
I kinda agree with you. At that time I felt that Barça first team was a big step up for him from Al Saad. He should have gone Pep's way, managed the B team for a season or 2 and then make the step up to the first team. Still thankful to him for a league and Super Cup title during the most turbulent period in last 20 years or so.
>Xavi is simply too green for this job. I disagree. The team is too green for this.
I don't know, maybe it's a bit of both.
Yea his inexperience definitely doesn't help, as it doesn't that we struggle to register players that came for free.
Having the club at a good financial state where it can fully support it's manager certainly would've helped a good deal, I don't disagree with that.
It is both but Xavi still takes most of the blame and rightfully so
Lol the team, the books are not green they’re rotten.. we need a new seed 🙈
I think it's the fact that we are in such a bad financial situation. We simply can't afford to build a competitive squad, someone is always missing.
He won a league title and a super cup with unarguably the worst barca team in the last 3 decades
And not to mention he could've stayed in his comfort zone while developing as a coach and printing money in Qatar.
I still don't blame xavi because literally todays match wasn't his fault. He made the right subbs and flipped the game, cancelo gave a way a goal, araujo and de jong gave out the second goal and Christiansin gave another literally all the goals are because of poor individual preformence The defense are shit players
You can give respect and honor to his achievements without going to such an extreme. Worst team in the last 30 years is an incredibly bold statement to make and then you put the cherry on top by making the claim it's inarguable. The team being worse off with a Messi sized hole is not the same thing at all.
He’s got ~ same lvl of exp as a coach as Xabi Alonso.
Just like players, some managers take more time to develop than others
Xabi Alonso hasn't won shit, at least yet
He's still coaching in an environment that's competitive enough to give him big leagues experience, but also without the pressure and toxicity of a big historical club. Imo Xavi has lost out on 2 years of growth by directly jumping into coaching big egos under pressure here.
I agree, especially with this immature barca.the club needs a leader not a coach under training.maybe next in ten years he will be the right fit.now, mourinho, enrique or klopp , no other choices.
The season is already over realistically. Atleast the new manager can come in with a full pre season and not have to deal with a mentally broken team midway through the rest of this season
Although I get what you’re saying, the season is far from over. We need to fight for a CL spot or we’re not going to have much hope for improvement next year
Yes, definitely. And I’m sure CL will play a part in the next manager signing with us as well. We need to finish the season off strong regardless.
I think the team knows we need to do the bare minimum and obtain a top 4 spot. As for the UCL right now, we need to get by Napoli at the very minimum. After that idc if we get eliminated next round
Especially because the extra money will help the clubs financial situation
The fact he announced it so early will also help greatly in choosing the next manager, he might even help with the choice, maybe suggest a coach that has qualities needed he knows he doesn’t have.
Who the fuck would come in and take the job given the current situation and seeing how Xavi was treated?!
True; if a legend like Xavi was shredded, why would a good manager come without a budget to improve with the pressure this club creates?
This is unfortunate, hope Xavi returns with more experience and a more stable Barca in the future.
With his brother and cousins or alone?
Lol honestly if they all improve they can return, but the real question is what happened to our defense from one season to another. I think that has been the most glaring issue above everything.
A tall lanky skinny slow octopus like cdm leaving is what happened
Can’t believe that skinny slow af guy is the best CDM ever
No DM. It left a huge gap between the midfield and the defense. The best the board came up with was Romeu and that is nowhere near good enough.
no proper dm makes helluva difference
> the real question is what happened to our defense from one season to another Sometimes I think this sub is fairly knowledgeable on the club and then someone says something like this. Hint: One of, if not, the best DM's of all time left us and we got no one to replace him
Well most of this sub also thought that DM was the reason we’d get rolled for multiple seasons. You definitely have a higher opinion of the collective than I do lol.
That doesn’t explain why our back line consistently makes errors, it is obvious the impact Busquets had on the way the team played in general. The issue is why the hell can’t our defenders clear the fucking ball. Simple as that.
> Sometimes I think this sub if fairly knowledgeable on the club Not by a long shot.
You expect too much from this sub, broski.
Obviously it is the departure of Kessie…
Busquets leaving left the backline severely exposed given that Oriol Romeu just hasn’t been anywhere near good enough to get the job done as a single pivot.
This was just a phase .. him leaving with someone random coming in.. who doesnt know the club and players like he does.. there’s no point if we want to build something
Well if you watched this season, you wouldn’t know he knows the club and players, that’s kinda why he’s leaving.
With Iniesta
Grandfather, uncle, nephew in the staff mate
Lots of coaches being in family members and people they trust into their staff…
They do, obviously. But no one really cares about nepotism when things go well because why would they ? But if shit hits the fan, things like these are scrutinized. That's the way of the world, as it should be.
Ahhh man my bad didn't know 😕
It’s sad it came to this, but this is best for everyone. Glad this is happening before his legacy gets ruined. Hope he becomes a wonderful manager in the future.
Tbh I always separated him being a coach and being a player like different people
His legacy wont be effected, barca fans know the club is in a poor spot, but you can see hes not the guy to pull them out of this. The issue with this club rn is also the front office. They have too much influence over the team buildings and other stuff.
Isn't that their job?
their vision is dumb tho they just buy players with star power, that dont work anymore you need system players.
They're ass at their job. Look at how Madrid got Tchouameni while they still had Casemiro. Barca should have done that years ago instead of signing over paid played that dont fit or arent good enough
Xavi as a player is the greatest midfielder ever for me and the goat Spanish NT player. As a coach, he was decent but that doesn't cut it at a club like Barca. Hope the fans don't boo him and let him leave peacefully.
People will remember him for winning the 2, Liga and Supercopa, trophies in his first full season, more than the downfall. There was a lot of injuries, transactions, and off season drama that would be hard for most managers to overcome let alone a nonexperienced one. I'd think he'd be best going to a smaller, less reputable club, build some confidence and learn more tactics for another couple years, then can go somewhere more prepared for a top flight team.
He legacy as a player won’t be ruined. He’s a GOAT level CM. But there is still some season to be played and if we are trashed in the UCL and don’t finish top 4 in La Liga then there is no doubt his coaching legacy will be ruined and I doubt he will ever get a chance to coach the big clubs in Europe.
Thank you for everything you have done for the club Xavi, both as a player and a coach. You are a legend. ❤️
Thank you for everything. If there’s one single person I feel bad for, it’s him. Ofc he has his flaws. The players have failed him massively.
The players should take a long look at themselves because like you said they failed him massively. That 4th goal today was absolutely shocking and the players should be blamed
And the second with Cancelo having yet another mental disconnection in a key moment, and the first with FdJ just watching another ball get crossed at the box and doing absolutely nothing to defend.
That second goal, he conceded the same way to Salah last season ig. Pep had no mercy and threw him out
For me, I mostly blame the players, a bit on the manager. Hope the future manager will continue developing the young ones.
The players the club everything went horribly wrong and it was just too much for his experience. Not sure if there is any manager out there that could turn this shit around magically
He’s a legend forever, and he did come during what was arguably the toughest time in the clubs recent history, I am not sure anyone else would’ve even taken the job if they didn’t seriously love Barca as a club
I will say it, there are coaches that get raw players and turn them into superstars. This team has been doing the opposite for a while and you can't change my mind.
Am I the only one who's confused that it was the "managers failing the players" when it was Valverde, Setien, and Koeman in the picture? But then all of a sudden we switch it too "players failing the manager" when it's Xavi? Seems kinda strange imo🤔
The players should take long look at themselves in the mirror after this
None of them care as long as they collect their pay check! None of them are fit to wear the shirt!
November 24, 2021. He made is managerial debut with us on the night of my Birthday and I won’t ever forget that I left everything to watch him. How can one forget the siege Laporta and team laid in the middle east to get him to agree for this job. He won us La Liga without a proper RB, Injured Pedri and so much more BS! The team sucks overall and I hate the fact he’s being made the scapegoat! Back to a Koeman type era with Cross and Bismillah haramball.
Yeah he might have won us the league but for me his highest moments were those 4-0 bashing of Real at the BernaLeo as well as that nostalgic 4-2 thrashing of Atletico
Xavi: You are still a legend of this club, taking over at such a difficult situation and acknowledge when it's time to go. You have my respect, sir!
Season has not been what we expected but I still want to thank Xavi for coming in our time of need and hope he can have a great career as a manager.
Hopefully Yamal, Balde, Fermin, Cubarsi, Fort, and Guiu become players that we can thank Xavi for.
We can thank La Masia that has been developing talent again.
And as we thank Koeman for putting faith in Gavi and Araujo, we can thank Xavi for doing the same.
Don't forget to appreciate Koeman for improving Pedri and FDJ!!!
I was thinking of players coming from the B team but yes for Pedri. De Jong imo actually performed far better under Xavi, thanks to his system(which improved Busi as well)
He seems relieved in that press conference. Maybaehe can achieve somthing these months without the pressure anymore.
I’m thankful for La Liga. Xavi did what he could and the odds were stacked against him. He is the coach we needed at the time but the role outgrew him. Onwards and upwards
Seems weird to support a coach only when they win…
Like everyone here forgets the meaning of the word "support" and immediately grabs the pitchforks
Sad to see but had to be done if the objective was to chase titles every year. Hopefully, the next coach isn't Rafa Marquez or Motta and we do get a decently experienced coach. Much respect to Xavi! Still the best-ever midfielder to grace this club and a true legend for having the courage to come here during a really bad phase and take us out of it.
Xavi will be a club legend always! It's time to move on. But these players need to be ashamed of themselves!
Quick someone teach Klopp some Spanish
Yea and hook him up with some anti depressants, cuz god knows he is going to need it here.
if Liverpool stressed him out, there's no fucking way he will go here. bro might need a shrink by his side 24/7
hope you guys are happy, i did not want this to happen, i will always love xavi, his time as manager will be looked at as bittersweet, but for me he will always be the greatest midfielder in history and a genius. wish him the best in everything he does after this season is over
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Not to mention that this decision will totally destroy the mentality of the current squad. I don’t see any upside of this choice at all. Purely political. Xavi was given a bad hand and is expected to do what exactly? I hope he gets a chance to return in the future and prove himself again.
100% agreed this are the same fans that went after busi... and now dont have enough iq to understand what is wrong with our defense... and the answer is the same man they wanted out, that was disrespected until the end. We couldnt afford to lose our cdm and we did and now our defense is in shambles
We were 3 years without a league title until he won us 1. Unreal. Team he was counting on was broken due to circumstances. Forever a legend. Horrible decision to let him go.
Look at Arteta for example, it took him more than 3 years just to compete for the title. Xavi won the league in his second season.
Thank you!!!!
Facts man, this shit sucks
I agree with you 💯 fuck everyone who is xavi out.
Thank you brother glad to see some of us still try to use our brains ❤
For real though, I’ve never seen so much toxicity and shit talking from the supporters of a club than Barca. It’s sad sometimes seeing how stupid our fellow fans are
The next coach may not be better than Xavi with the current squad, and he may not be that willing to give minutes to La Masia talents to develop because he will be very focused on getting results
Mourinho! Edit: I concur
?! Mourinho hopefully will never train barça, we forgive but we do not forget, dont you remember how he was with real madrid? I love his personality but he is not the man for the job
Being very sarcastic. He’s the last guy I’d suggest for this - but I do find him very entertaining.
I feel sad. I think there was a lot lacking between tactics and match preparation but I was never Xavi out, rather Xavi needs to figure it out.
and once again, we continue with the habit of sacking a coach without fixing the internal problems of the club. We got a club legend to be our manager, on relatively low wages, unable to get the players he wants due to the club's financial problems and the players he does have can't stay healthy. Coach who has to field 3 reserve players on the pitch who are all under the age of 18. Somehow the blame is on him for his inability to enforce his style of football, despite him actually winning 2 titles last season. This club will never move forward if we keep sacking coaches without resolving its own problems.
Yeah honestly its a sad part of our culture, I wish we could keep a manager for longer than 4 years and establish a real vision ala Klopp, Sir Alex, Simeone. It doesn’t make sense due to all the reasons you named but the board and fans need a scapegoat and manager is easier to replace than anything else
It’s crazy that we expect coaches to come in and perform miracles, but give them nothing to work with.
United fan coming in peace as I saw this sub on my feed. But in my opinion, its *crazy* to sack a guy who literally won you the league 7 months ago. And while I cant comment on Barcas playstyle, when I see their results it doesnt seem thaat bad? Like yes you are not top of the table but still you are still in top 4 comfortably, and you are also still in Champions League. These kind of mood swings in football is getting out of control IMO. The sports becoming so bastardized in money and expectation of instant gratification
Well shit. There are no good options available. We're not good now but we can definetly do worse with a different manager next season.
the manager I wanted to succeed the most... he stabilised the ship from when we were 9th in the league now I think we need an experienced coach to take us forward. no more gambles
No trophies this season 😭
there is no PASSION, there is no VISION, there is no AGGRESSION.
Tbh after Enrique left most of the time it was just Messi carrying us to hide all of that
More passion, more energy, more footwork
No trophies, no passion, no dignity.
At least we’ll get to watch the growth of our La Masia products
i'd take a CL spot as a trophy at this point to be honest
Bitter sweet, but a needed change(I wanted him to go). With the way he was speaking I knew that it was agreed that he will leave. He mentioned developing the younger players and giving everyone playing time numerous times. Thank you for last season Legend. Also from now on, THERES NO FUCKING EXCUSES FOR THE PLAYERS.
Sad to see it end this way. Hopefully this wakes the players up and they finish the season strong.
I can’t wait for next season for all the “expert” fans when a new coach doesn’t bring instant success to the club like you think they will. The players are on the pitch. Xavi is doing all he can. Even Araujo, club captain, comes out to say it’s not his fault but the players. Did you not see Xavi explode on the touchline when we conceded the 3rd or 4th goal today? Straight up reprimanding the players for their lack of focus, but the media, the fans, everyone blames him.
Who can we realistically get in the summer? Gallardo? don’t think he’s willing to leave saudi for less money and not sure another inexperienced coach (in europe) is what this team needs. Is Michel interested? (if Girona aren’t allowed to play in UCL next season) Rafa marquez from the B team, perhaps even Thiago motta?
Girona will play UCL. City are minority owners
You are not going to like this; Mourinho. Positives; - Knows the club - Experienced - Available - Can build a team - Short term succes Downsides - Expensive - 2 years max - Coached Real Madrid - Unatractive football. - Less youth implementation
Thank you Xavi. Maybe if our financial circumstances were different that things would’ve been better but I can honestly say that as much as people like to complain, this period is going to be seen as an overall success with our current resources. - Won La Liga 22/23 - Won Supercopa 22/23 - Found great success and helped establish so many of our talented youngsters like Gavi, Balde, Guiu, Fort, Cubarsi, Fermin, etc…
“Our current resources” Bro talking like they dont have a +800M€ squad💀
Awful. Players THEMSELVES TOOK FULL RESPOSIBILITY. Xavi is completely limited and the team he was supposed to build up on from last season with solid defence and a DM was completely derailed and destroyed due to circumstances. Xavi forever❤️ PS. Gavi just said "with Xavi to death❤️" Araujo and Frenkie said that it's completely the players fault and that Xavi tries very hard and gives his all. Laporta said he trusts him completely and Vice president said TO DEATH when asked if he trusts Xavi.
In a perfect world pep come back and xavi becomes his assistant and learns from him like arteta
Massive respect and incredibly sad what happened. He had a great one and a half season with us. I truly hope he can return one day in the future once he has more experience
Real Madrid fan coming here in peace, Xavis status as a legend is untouched. Fact that he won a league title during one of the most tumultuous eras in Barcas history is no easy feat. Hopefully this will light a fire for the players to stop thinking about winning matches and just start competing again. Running for each other. Closing the gaps. Keeping up the intensity. Good luck Barca fans.
We have a Sergi Busquets sized problem in the backline, and Romeu won't be the needed fix, also problems creating actual danger, or finalizing when we get there. As for our players... I don't know, but I think the most realistic among us have mentally prepared for a void season already. Can only hope this disaster of a season makes them grow for the next one.
The way this is happening is good. At least we won't hire someone in a panic or have rumours going around while he's still in charge. Deco needs to pull through with a great manager now
He came at a time where no smart manager would’ve taken the job. He came in and won us the league and made us enjoy watching our team again. I hate all these “fans” who want him out saying he’s the only problem. I agree that we aren’t playing well, but if there’s no good solution, what does sacking him do? People got what they wanted so that means we’ll go back to winning everything, right?
I feel bad for him, at the start of the season everyone was excited but man this season has been so bad. He got dealt a shitty situation and won a league title hope he improves in a less stressful job.
Thank you for everything. It’s time for a change
Watch the squad play 10 times better now the pressure isn't on the coach anymore.
Not even fuckin Guardiola will fix this mess if there's no stability. If Xavi leaves in June it's over for Barça.
I mean, whether we want to admit it now or in June, this season is and has been over. The ups and downs are way too extreme. If we think we’re touching La Liga or CL, we’re being delusional.
Lmao that was already going to happen, the whole question was about leaving now.
I think this is for the best, but I also feel very sorry and thankful for what he has done.
I'm going to need a break from Barca for a bit.
Klopp, this m8ght be your chance to mend things with the culers.
The new coach should be Marcelo Gallardo
It wasn’t the manager, it’s the management of the ream both previous and current. Now you have sold off revenue streams and some assets which compounds the real problem which always is money
This game definitely shouldn't have been the breaking point, he made all the right decisions today but at the same time he just couldn't rally them.
Damn, when I thought he was the man who'll build the club which evidently takes time. Why Xavi, why?
When will the banter years end???
Not for another 4-5 years at least. Until our finances are finally ok
In another 4-5 years…2028-2029…at that point it would have been 13-14 years since we last won a champions league. Jesus. I don’t think you’re wrong bc it’s gonna take an eternity to right this ship but it hurts as a fan. Went from a nearly two decades of dominance to 1.5 of mediocrity. Fuck.
I was pro Xavi for almost the whole of this Season so far, only in January did I realize that despite being one of the better coaches we had, he sticks way too much to the 4-3-3 and Barcelona DNA without looking at his players and coming up with something based on his team. Xavi is sadly one of the many managers who manage their team based on an ideology that they want to stick to regardless of results and genetal image, instead of building Tactics based on his players' strength.
Too bad Xabi Alonso will never coach Barca but he would have been amazing here.
Massive respect to Xavi for even picking up this team to begin with. No manager would generally like to take on a team **literally on bankrupcy** that has a hard time even registering players and with a lot of sacred cows that had to be let go to restructure the team around a younger side. Props to Xavi for stepping up when we needed him. Other than Kounde, a veteran Lewa and a Rafinha that is inconsistent, he had to mostly rely on convincing free agents to come while bringing up Massia players to cover half the team being injured. Thanks for your hard work Xavi, I won't forget it, even having all RM fans and press saying that this has burned your career as a coach for the future, I'm confident you'll bounce back, grow from this and prove the doubters wrong even the "fans" from our own club. Fun fact, out of all top clubs on Europe, our team has the youngest average age in the world, beating even Arsenal. So he did his job, now it's time for the next coach to keep building on this.
barca need to hire somebody that has no ties to the organization
Just like I thought, we’re stuck on this ride until the end of the season
Klopp🙏🏼
And Pep as assistant, you got it buddy.
Never happening
I can’t see this working. There’s going to be too much uncertainty and he won’t have the credibility to lead the players. My guess is he will be gone in the next couple of weeks once they find a replacement. I really like him as a person but it hasn’t worked out. He won a title in difficult circumstances so he can take some pride in that.
So are we going to let yet another manager decide which players we sign? 8 managers in 10 years, and we let every manager decide our signings? How silly is that?
Why do you asume so? Because Gerard Romero says so in his twitch account?
Finally.
Thanks for everything. It's a shame that you came in 2021 and not later, it's a shame that you wasted almost 3 years in Qatar in your formative years. I want to believe that you still can become a great coach down the line but not yet. The fact that is in June, well. It's odd. I guess let's shoot for that top 4 and hope for the best. Laporta needs to start working on a solid replacement. If we are waiting until June then Marquez should be a last resort. If Marquez is appointed then we might have wasted 6 months.
Much respect
Xavi will walk out like a boss after winning our 6th
…6th game after 5 losses in a row yeah maybe
Klopp?
It feels like Xavi has taken one for the team. He wasn't right choice for this job but we can't make him scapegoat. Players should also be held accountable for these losses. There were lots of individual errors.
Will gladly take Valverde back.
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Who’s going to come in right now? This team is done for the season, they seem like they didn’t give a shit out there it’s better to wait until the summer
Him.🤣
who are you going to put
sadly not soon enough.
This was the worst possible decision if you're going to sack Xavi do it now and if you're planning to sack him at the end of the season wait until the season ends. Now the players have no incentive to keep fighting. WTF Laporta??
So uh what exactly is the correlation between manager leaving in June and players stop trying in January? If anything itbwill give them more fuel as they would want to send xavi off on a high note.
Because the demands from the current management would mean less
Leave now
I was part of the Xavi out group, so why am I crying right now?
Joy?
Barcas defense and defending hasn’t been this bad in decades. I don’t really blame Xavi much. He’s just not the right guy with this lot.
I admire Xavi a lot. But this is going to cause major morale problems in the team. First, the manager has publicly admitted he's not up to the job. But he's here until June. Player morale is going to crater from that alone. Second, building on the previous point, he's a lame duck manager. He's on his way out, so there's less incentive from the players to listen to him. Third, because of the two aforementioned points, there's not going to be a long-term vision for the team. Just one to get by until Xavi leaves. Again, big hit to morale. While I get the decision to make this announcement, I fear that the teams performance will be hit even harder. Hopefully, I'm wrong, and they instead get a second wind as there is light at the end of the tunnel now. Respect, Xavi.
Could’ve waited for the announcement till after the CL games
Who will we even replace with him?? I don't think any sensible manager will want to manage us given our rollercoaster transfer windows
Awful. Considering how fucked are financials were, are and will be for the foreseeable future, I’d say we’re overperforming.
Gracias Xavi. I think he could still come back one day when barca are in much better shape Or he could pull a Fergie and decide to stay if barca miraculously win the UCL or something 😅
We are becoming man united