The former Blaugrana midfielder was presented on the Camp Nou pitch, the first strategist to have this privilege reserved for large signings.
Xavi Hernández was introduced as the new coach of FC Barcelona this monday at the Camp Nou before some 10,000 fans excited that the return to the club of the Barça legend will serve to revive the team.
The former midfielder he jumped onto the grass that he knows so well, shouting “Xavi, Xavi!” before signing a contract with his family and the president of Barcelona Joan Laporta.
“Thank you, I don’t want to get excited but I’m very excited. Like I said when I left here we are the best team in the world and Barça needs demand, You cannot draw or lose, here you have to win ”, Xavi told the fans.
“Today is a historic day for Barça,” added Laporta. The manager of the Catalan club added that “Xavi transmits joy, hope, I have seen people excited as never before. He is a man of the house, of the club, he has strived to be a reference within the institution and he has achieved it, not only as a player, but also as a person ”.
Laporta admitted that “Xavi has a difficult and complicated situation”, because “it is a team that is yet to be made.” But he pointed out that, in his first stage as Barça president, “Rijkaard also took on a team that was yet to be made and Pep had the base and managed to lead it to excellence.”
Barcelona received Xavi in a big way, with a presentation on the pitch of the Camp Nou -first coach in history-, a reception usually reserved for big signings.
Xavi He was announced as Barça’s new coach at dawn from Friday to Saturday (Spanish time), after three days of negotiations with the Qatari Al-Sadd.
According to the press, 5 million euros ($ 5.79 million) from the release clause of the former midfielder they will be paid equally between Barça and Xavi, who will finance their part with promotional events for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The 41-year-old coach returns six years after leaving the team after winning the Champions League in 2015.
Immersed in a serious economic crisis, Barcelona is ninth in the League. The poor results caused the board to terminate the contract of the former manager, Ronald Koeman.
Xavi will lead his first training session on Tuesday, with a squad plagued with casualties due to injury and without internationals, traveling with their national teams.
Key piece in the World Cup won in 2010 by Spain, Xavi played 767 games for Barcelona, achieving four Champions and eight Leagues, among many other trophies. (D)
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