According to Le Monde Sport and Daily Sport, Barcelona coach Xavi's thinking is fundamentally changing, although in January, he publicly announced at a press conference that he would leave at the end of the season, but four months later, his mind was shaken. He was swayed for two reasons.
The first is the sincere retention of Barcelona president Laporta, the Barcelona president knows very well that the current Barcelona team is still in a transitional stage, the club's financial fundamentals have just improved, and if it wants to completely turn around, it will have to wait for the new stadium operation and the implementation of the new sponsorship agreement with NIKE. Therefore, with the current financial investment, Xavi can win 1 league championship and maintain the Champions League every year, which is already quite an outstanding achievement.
Secondly, it is the growth of the new generation of La Masia youth such as Yamal, Gavi, Kubasi, Fermín, Balde, etc., which makes Xavi full of hope for the future of this team, and he hopes that this new generation of 'dream team' can set sail from him.
However, if Xavi wants to stay, Laporta will need to complete several of his requests.
In the current squad, Xavi believes that there is still room for improvement, especially in the midfield, winger and full-back positions, and there is still a lot of lack of configuration required to return to the top. He hopes to bring in Manchester City midfielder B. Silva, Bayern Munich right wing-back Kimmich, buy out Phoenix, and bring in a strong left winger.
Of the four questions, Phoenix's buyout is the easiest. Atletico are already in complete disappointment with the Portuguese, and they only want to recoup the €127 million they spent that year, and if Barcelona can bid 60 million euros, then Atletico will definitely send him to Camp Nou. However, Xavi is not entirely satisfied with Phoenix, and he wants a more lethal candidate for this position.
As for B. Silva and Kimmich, the difficulty is comparatively higher. The good thing for Barcelona is that both players are very eager to play at Camp Nou, they are both little fans of Barcelona and hope to experience the beauty of artistic football in their careers. The downside is that Bayern and Manchester City are not willing to let them go, and they will only choose to sell if they are determined to leave. These two players are worth about 1-120 million euros.
As for the final left winger, it will be relatively difficult to choose. In the past two years, Ferran Torres's performances have proven that he is not adaptable, as for Felix, he is not good at scoring, and his individual breakthrough ability is far from Barcelona's demand for opponents of Mbappe's level, perhaps Milan striker Rafael Leao is a good candidate, he was able to compete with Mbappe in the Champions League group stage last year, but to buy him, at least 100 million euros are needed.
In addition to the transfer request, which totals more than 180 million euros, Xavi also wants to get a commitment from Laporta. He hopes he is not a transitional candidate, but a long-term candidate for Barca.
Xavi's worry is because it is currently rumored in football circles that Barcelona will welcome back Guardiola in 2025, Xavi does not want the team he has worked hard for 3 years to become a dowry for this former teacher, then his three years of hard work will be in vain.
Perhaps, if Xavi goes to stay this summer, it can also be seen that the progress of Laporta's negotiations with Guardiola, if Xavi leaves in the end, Barcelona just chooses a transitional manager, but it can show that maybe Guardiola's return to Barcelona in 2025 is not just rumors.