Pep Guardiola Reveals the Possibility of Xavi Hernandez Becoming Barcelona’s Coach

DBasia.news –  Xavi Hernandez was rated by his former coach at Barcelona, ​​Pep Guardiola as a coach who has a passion and is highly dedicated to the world of football. The Manchester City manager estimates that Xavi might return to Spain and train Barcelona one day.

Xavi, 39 years old, had just started his coaching career in May 2019 at the Qatari club, Al-Sadd. This club is also where Xavi ended his career as a professional footballer when he defended in mid 2015-2019, after previously spending a prime period with Barcelona (1998-2015).

Public opinion, mostly Barca fans, also wanted to see the club’s legend train in Barcelona. The reason, Xavi has knowledge of Barcelona’s philosophy of play and he really understands it as it is part of La Masia’s academy products.

Guardiola also predicts that Xavi will coach Barcelona, ​​whether replacing Ernesto Valverde or later replacing another coach after Valverde.

“Sooner or later it (Xavi coaches Barcelona) will happen. He is still very young, but that will happen,” said Guardiola, as reported from Marca.

“He understands football and has a lot of passion and dedication. He is brave and says things very clearly,” the 48-year-old coach continued.

Speaking of Xavi, he is a former Guardiola player in the golden era of Barcelona with Lionel Messi, Victor Valdes, Andres Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Sergio Busquets, Pedro and Gerard Pique. Guardiola continues the Barcelona squad that was matured by Frank Rijkaard, the former Barca coach in the 2003-2008 period.

Rijkaard instilled the philosophy of offensive football in a 4-3-3 tactic, continued the tradition of total football in the style of Johan Cruyff, and Guardiola perfected it with a game called tiki-taka.

“I had a good time (in Barcelona), between games there wasn’t much to enjoy, but during the process of building the team I have seen changes that have worked well and things flowed,” added Guardiola.

“I have seen the attitudes among players; a growing bond and (also) their respect for the jersey. It is interesting to know how they are distributing salaries and things are going well,” he explained.