Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernández, announced this Saturday, after losing in LaLiga against Villarreal at the Lluís Companys Stadium (3-5), that he will not continue in office as of June 30.
“I want to announce that on June 30 I will not continue as a coach. “We have been speaking with the president (Joan Laporta), Rafa Yuste, Alejando Echevarría, Deco (the members of the sports commission) and the staff, and we believe that the situation deserves a change of course,” he explained at a conference. press.
“The club needs a change of dynamic”
“As a culé, I cannot allow this situation. The club needs a change of dynamic, and this will free the players. We played with too much tension,” he summarized.
Xavi stated that he feels “most responsible” for the team’s current “very negative dynamic”, for which he said “many times” he had no “explanation”, and commented that he has the feeling of “doing the right thing”, acting ” with common sense.”
“I don’t want to be a hindrance to the club”
Villarreal players celebrate the team’s fifth goal. EFE/Toni Albir
“I don’t want to be a hindrance to the club. I always want to be a solution, and the club will have me for whatever it needs. I will continue until June 30, this is what I have agreed with the president,” commented the Barcelona coach, who had the support of his wife Nuria Cunillera and his brother and assistant in the press room. Oscar Hernandez.
The Egarense coach, always in a firm and serene tone, declared that “you have to be brave and not cling to the position” and that, if he had beaten Villarreal, “perhaps” today he would not have announced his decision to leave the bench in the summer, “but surely next week.”
“Being Barça coach is unpleasant and cruel. You feel that they disrespect you many times, that your work is not valued, and this is a terrible drain on your mental health and mood. I am a very positive guy, but the energy goes down to a point where you say there is no point in continuing,” he confessed.
A “very human” conversation with Laporta
Xavi explained that the conversation with President Laporta was “very human” and that “today he showed total confidence” in him, but he insisted that it was time to announce his goodbye and trusted that this “will help the dynamic (of the team) change.”
That is what makes him “much more optimistic” for the remainder of the season, although he admitted that competing for the League title will be “very difficult.”
“I have been a club man. I have prioritized the club above myself. “I have given everything and more, and I will continue giving it to win titles or at least make the fans feel proud that we give everything on the field,” said Xavi when asked about what his legacy will be as the team’s coach. blaugrana. With EFE