On April 25, Beijing time, Barcelona held a press conference, and President Laporte officially announced that coach Xavi will continue to stay at the end of the season; Xavi had announced his farewell at the end of the season in January, and now he has determined that he will continue to lead the team next season; Xavi completed the contract renewal with Barcelona in September last year, and the new contract expires in 2025 with a one-year renewal option.
As an absolute meritorious player of Barcelona's dream, Xavi left La Liga to join the Qatar league after winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015; after 4 seasons, Xavi announced his retirement and immediately became the coach of Saad; in November 2011, Barcelona announced Koeman's resignation, Xavi was ordered to pay liquidated damages out of his own pocket to return to Barcelona.
In the first season of return, although Barcelona has four major empty seasons, the team's period and skills and tactics have increased significantly, and the national derby that season even played Real Madrid at the Bernabeu 4:1! Last season, with the blessing of young players such as Lewandowski, Raphinha, Kounde, Christensen, and Pedri and Gavi, Barcelona won the La Liga championship after 4 years, and also won the Spanish Super Cup. In the summer window last year, Barcelona loaned Cancelo and Felix under the condition of financial constraints, and exempted Gundogan as reinforcements.
In January, Barcelona was first beaten 4:1 by Real Madrid in the Super Cup, lost to Athletic Bilbao in the last 8 of the Copa del Rey, and was reversed by Villarreal in the 22nd round of the league, Xavi announced his departure at the end of the season. Interestingly, after Xavi announced his departure, Barcelona started a wave of 13 games unbeaten, and because of this, even if the Champions League knockout round was reversed by Paris, Xavi still won the affirmation of the top management and fans again, which also set the tone for him to stay.
Xavi's retention is not a bad thing for Barcelona at the moment, the pre-season and mid-season results are unstable, mainly because there are too many injuries in the team, and Barcelona's finances are still very tight, hiring a new coach will require a lot of expenses, before Barcelona's scandal coach is former Bayern coach Flick, if the German coach is in charge, the introduction of new players is essential; and blind change of coach is not the current Barcelona can toss.