At noon on May 17, Beijing time, a number of Catalan media, including RAC1 and "Daily Sport", announced that Laporta had decided that Xavi would not be the coach of Barcelona next season.
Just last month, Barcelona officially announced that manager Xavi, who had announced that he would leave at the end of the season, will stay in office next season. However, after Barcelona's 2-0 win over Almeria on Friday, Xavi reversed his usual positive rhetoric and admitted that it will be very difficult to compete with Real Madrid in the league and big European clubs in the Champions League next season due to the club's financial situation. Laporta and some members of the board were very angry about this, which also became the fuse for Xavi to face another crisis of being sacked.
Xavi's fortunes this season can be described as a series of reversals, after a 3-5 reversal by the Yellow Submarine at Barcelona in January, Xavi said after the game that he would leave at the end of the season, and vowed that the decision was irrevocable; On April 25, Barcelona officially announced that Xavi will continue to coach Barcelona next season; "I changed my mind because I did feel the complete trust of the chairman, the board and the players," Xavi said at the time. But the latest news is that a number of Western media said that Xavi was asked to leave, just because this remark caused dissatisfaction with Barcelona's top management.
Xavi's statement at the press conference was: "I think Barcelona fans and members should understand; Now the situation is very difficult, especially at the economic level, to compete with the top competitors in Spain and Europe. The economic situation we are now is very different from that of 25 years ago; Once upon a time, the manager would say, I want this player, that player. But now it's different, we're not like some other clubs who have a very favourable financial fair play situation or are in a much better financial position than we are. Barcelona people have to understand that, I, as manager of the team, have spoken to Laporta and Deco. We will adapt to the situation. That doesn't mean we don't want to compete and want to give up, we need stability and time, and we have our own strengths. ”
Xavi has won one La Liga and one Spanish Super Cup since taking charge of Barcelona in November 2021, and just last week he celebrated his 100th La Liga game in charge against Almeria.