There are a series of commandments, of keys, that Xavi is clear about once he gets down to work.
Although the official announcement of his signing will not be made official until next November 4, the truth is that Xavi Hernández has been ‘guessing’ for some time the idea of how the first squad of FC Barcelona should play and organize itself.
Al-Sadd has asked the manager to continue to coach the team for the next two games. Then comes a month and a half break in the Qatar Super League, the newspaper publishes Sport from Spain.
His relationship with Laporta is and has always been very fluid and that has been key so that both the top management and Terrassa have understood each other perfectly and very quickly. There are a series of commandments, of keys, that Xavi is clear about once he gets down to work at the head of the first club team of his life:
- He considers that there is a batch of spectacular footballers, with a lot of potential, who must be the standard bearers of the future and the immediate present. You long to start ‘shaping’ them and helping them grow.
- The presence of up to five colleagues from his time as a player in the first Barça squad considers Xavi an advantage. Far from being a problem or a barrier, he sees it as something positive.
- He believes that you have to raise the level of demand to be much more competitive. With the level of the current squad he can give more and he defends it at all costs. It will squeeze the footballers.
- It is essential to recover the essence, the style, the so-called ‘Barça DNA’, what made Barça a distinguished, different club at the time. The ideas that are instilled in La Masia and in formative football, applied to the senior team. That is non-negotiable. (D)
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