“With Guardiola as manager, I had no doubt [City would dominate],” he adds. Setién replaced Ernesto Valverde in January and Barcelona was top when the league was halted in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. They can defend in low blocks and press high. Like (Barcelona midfielder) Arturo Vidal said, he and the players have had little time to know each other and work together.” Barcelona hosts Napoli next weekend after Lionel Messi’s team drew 1-1 in the first leg of the last-16 Champions League match at Napoli. Legendary former Spain and Real Madrid manager Vicente del Bosque has given his backing to Xavi Hernandez to be a success as head coach at Barcelona, whenever his time comes. Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (R) receives the player of the month trophy from Barcelona's former Spanish midfielder Xavi before the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 20, 2018. But his team stumbled once the competition resumed, and Real Madrid won its first title in three years.“When we hired him, we told him it was a project for this season and the next,” Bartomeu said. Bartomeu confirmed that the club had earlier approached Xavi in the winter about taking Valverde’s place.More AP soccer https://apnews.com/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright © 2020 The Associated Press. They are always a very competitive side. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.Copyright © 2020 by WTOP.
(Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images)According to Mundo Deportivo’s Francesc Aguilar, Barcelona Legend Xavi has agreed to join Camp Nou next season to replace Quique Setien.Quique Setien has come under a lot of criticism after failing to secure the necessary points to maintain his previously held lead over arch-rivals Real Madrid.The recent draws against Celta Vigo and Atletico Madrid gave Los Blancos the necessary boost to go four points ahead of the Catalans to practically secure this season’s La Liga title.This has triggered the Barca hierarchy to start lining up replacements for the 61-year-old as they find his tactics not fitting to the current squad. There was certainly nothing like the kind of widespread assumed brilliance that has already been attached to Xavi and his forthcoming coaching career. For Xavi, it was inevitable his former manager would not only succeed, but do so in emphatic fashion. The Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s club president has not lost faith in coach Quique Setién, while leaving the door open for Xavi Hernández as a future coach.Josep Bartomeu told Spanish sports daily Sport in an interview on Saturday that “at no moment did we think about a coaching change” despite Barcelona’s poor finish to the Spanish league season. The former Barcelona midfielder told once again that he hopes to coach the Catalan club one day, but that it is not the right time currently. All rights reserved. Coronavirus in sport: Xavi donates generously to Barcelona clinic.
Barça legend Xavi Hernandez has spoken to Spanish newspaper Marca about coaching his former club, Lionel Messi, and coach Quique Setién’s situation. This All rights reserved. Club legend Xavi Hernandez spoke about the prospect of taking over the coaching job at Barcelona where he spent all his European career, winning numerous trophies between 1998-2015. Xavier Hernández, or simply Xavi, was not just one of those players that represent the peak of positional style player at FC Barcelona; rather, he was one of the fulcrums that made sure that the engine of the team worked as well as it did.Trained and graduated in the famed La Masía academy, Xavi went on to represent and be identified as the face of a brand of football … We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like.Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices.Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved.Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti out with another knee injuryArsenal targeting Antoine Griezmann in potential swap deal with Barcelona
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