The dismissal at the end of the season of football actors who currently have nothing to do with the Catalan club.
The first Barça player to say goodbye to the Catalan coach was Ilkay Gündogan. “Thank you, Xavi! Very grateful to have worked together this season. Thank you for bringing me to Barça last summer! “I wish you all the best for your future!” wrote the German on his social networks along with the hashtag
Lamine Yamal was no less, one of Xavi’s big bets this season despite being only 16 years old. “Thank you for always trusting me. It has been a pleasure to learn and work with you. Forever a culé legend. Good luck!!”, the Blaugrana youth player wrote on the networks.
Barça’s starting goalkeeper, Marc André Ter Stegen, also referred to Xavi, although in this case to deny a news story. “It directly attacks my personal values ??and I will not tolerate someone using my name to create bad vibes based on false information. If I ever want to say or report something, I will always be very direct with the person,” the German wrote on social media about an alleged meeting between the goalkeeper and Laporta and Deco to convey the squad’s discomfort with Xavi.
Another legend of Barcelona fans, at the same level as Xavi, Pep Guardiola, was one of those who spoke out about the coach’s departure. The Manchester City coach, who first had Xavi as a teammate and then under his command at Barça, referred to the one from Terrassa in the press conference prior to the FA Cup final against Manchester United this Saturday.
“It is never good news. When a coach is fired from a club it is because something is not working. I don’t know the reasons and I can’t give my opinion. Maybe when I go to Barcelona and talk to some people I might know something but now I don’t know,” said the one from Santpedor.
Luis Enrique also gave his opinion on Xavi. “At the end of the Champions League match in Barcelona I said two things. The second was that I would like Xavi to continue in Barcelona. I remain in the same mindset,” explained the PSG coach, also a former teammate and former coach of Xavi at Barça, before the Cup final against Olympique Lyon.
The Barcelona team, still with the Egarense coach at the controls, will close the season this Sunday at the Sánchez Pizjuán against Sevilla. His coach, Quique Sánchez Flores, who will not continue at the Seville club next season, has regretted the departure of his professional colleague from the club and has criticized the club’s managers.
“How badly Barcelona treats its legends! I shouldn’t say it, but how badly Barcelona treats its legends, how badly, what a bad streak. It’s a bad streak, probably, but what a bad streak, what a bad streak… With Koeman, with Messi, with Xavi now. How bad,” explained the Madrid coach in the run-up to the duel against Barça.
Sánchez Flores, who will also say goodbye to the Sevilla fans after half a season in Nervión, hoped that the clubs would “treat their legends fantastically well, it would be fantastic”, since it would mean creating “a legacy” and assembling a good “connection of the leaders.” with the fans.”
