After Barca sacked Ronald Koeman, the selection of the manager was raised. Barca legend Xavi, 41, has become the hottest managerial candidate. Barca want to poach Xavi, which involves the issue of liquidated damages. On November 1, Catalan radio reporter Harvey Campos revealed that Barca had told Harvey that if the Qatari team demanded liquidated damages, then Xavi would need to pay for it out of his own pocket.
Ronald Koeman was fired by Barca, and the Dutch coach will not give up the €12 million penalty. Barca's already tight financial situation is even worse. Barca's first target is Xavi, and Xavi has made huge concessions: coaching Al Sad, Xavi earns an annual salary of 8 million euros. If he returns to Barcelona, Harvey's annual salary will be halved. Even so, Barça is willing to take over Barca's hot potato.
Xavi coaches Barcelona, and the only obstacle is Al Sad. Previously, the media revealed that Harvey's contract in Al Sad set a termination clause of 1 million euros. If Barca pays a penalty of 1 million yuan, Xavi's return to Barca will be a smooth one - the termination fee of 1 million euros is definitely a conscience price.
However, Catalan radio reporter Campos revealed that Barca refused to pay Harvey's liquidated damages. "Barca clubs have made it clear that if Al Sadd asks for liquidated damages, Barca will not pay money and Xavi will pay all the liquidated damages out of his own pocket. At the same time, Barça president Laporta will not go to Doha to negotiate, let alone take a picture with the chief. ”
The news of Catalan Radio is extremely credible. RAC1's Barça reporters, Herard Romero, the Daily Sports Newspaper and many other media (reporters), have relayed this report. For This attitude of Barca, fans shout "incredible" - the club pays the manager's termination fee, which is the industry rule, and it is rare for the manager to pay for it himself.
This is barca and La Porta's usual trick: playing the emotional card. Many years ago, Fabregas (Arsenal) and Mascherano (Liverpool) joined Barca with a reverse transfer fee, which can be understood as the willingness of the players; this summer, Messi was forced to leave Barca, and Laporta even wanted Messi to play for Barca for free, which is a bit of a moral kidnapping; Barca's salary cut and renewal was also started from the four captains of Busquets, Pique, Alba and Sergi Roberto.
This time, Barca played the emotional card against the legendary Harvey. At 1 million euros, Harvey is fully affordable. However, Barca's practice will be criticized by the outside world: saving a small amount of money and losing its reputation.