Despite the recent two setbacks, against Inter, which meant the de facto elimination of the Champions League, and in the Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Barcelona left the La Liga leadership, at the Camp Nou the warning lights. Although some interested rumors began to circulate with the names of the coaches, the confidence in Barcelona towards Xavi Hernandez is complete
from President Joan Laporta; The board goes through and ends with the Barcelona Sports Department, they keep their trust in Terrassa coach intact and are convinced he is the perfect person to lead the project, just as they thought when they presented him with the witness just a year ago now. , when they stopped Ronald Koeman on the bench
The commitment to Xavi has gone beyond short-term results. From the club they insisted that a personal trainer was chosen to lead a project and that this project is for the medium and long term, so he should be allowed to work for the time necessary to reach the expected results
After forming an agreed team with Xavi, they considered that it would not make sense to look for a way out for him now
And even more so when he hasn’t been able to count on the whole team since the start of the season. In the first place, it was contingent on financial “fair play”, for which Xavi took a few matches to be able to count on all the reinforcements he provided, and therefore
The injuries to important players in the last stoppage have significantly affected the start of the eleven in the last matches. Similarly, after discovering the reasons for the downturn, both the coach and his staff in recent matches
Little by little some injuries are recovering, within the entity they are convinced that the team can once again show the same level of play as it was before the break
The same message of confidence was reinforced by Barcelona’s sports vice president, Rafa Yusti, upon his arrival from Paris after the Ballon d’Or ceremony. “There is optimism in the team. The dressing room is good. Of course there is complete confidence. In Xavi,” he pointed to the reporters who were waiting for him in the private flight hall
