FC Barcelona hopes to present Xavi Hernández as its new technical director on Monday

Barça sources assure that there is an agreement with the Qatari club Al-Sadd, but they continue to exchange the documentation that still needs to be signed for its termination.

The FC Barcelona assumes the signing of Xavi Hernández as the new coach of the first team, but will not make it official until you review and verify the content of the contracts that it must sign with the Qatari Al-Sadd to close the operation.

As he could know EFE from sources of the Barça club, the agreement between both entities is total, but they continue exchanging the documentation, which has yet to be signed. The intention of the entity is to present its new technician on Monday

In addition, in Qatar it is two hours more than in Spain. Therefore, It is possible that Barça will not announce until this Saturday that the operation has been closed.

The Al-Sadd announced during the morning of this Friday that he had reached an agreement with Barcelona for the transfer of Xavi, in exchange for 5 million euros, the amount of your termination clause.

Barcelona has not wanted to explain how that amount will be paid, although according to various media, Xavi would take charge of 2.5 million euros, which he would recover by participating in various events to promote the Qatar World Cup, and the club led by Joan Laporta with a friendly match with Al-Sadd.

In any case, Barça informed EFE that Xavi will fly to Barcelona on Saturday with the vice president of the club, Rafa Yuste, and the director of football Mateu Alemany, who have been in Doha for several days negotiating with the Qatari entity. And that, in principle, will be presented next Monday at the Camp Nou. (D)

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