As the so-called "people see people in the predicament", when the former La Liga giants Barcelona fell into a serious crisis, Xavi, as a legend of the team, made the decision to return, he became the head coach of Barca's first team, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club. Although Xavi's return to Barca after a gap of six years is highly anticipated, it remains to be seen whether he can lead Barca's rebuilding.
Xavi debuted in the Youth Academy of La Masia and played for Barcelona for 17 seasons as a player, making a total of 767 appearances for the team and winning 25 trophies. Xavi is the soul of Barça's "Dream II" and "Dream III" brilliant periods, and it can be said that barca's blood flows in his veins. It is worth mentioning that Xavi's return to Camp Nou to pick up the coaching whip is another case of European football after Pirlo, Lampard and Solskjaer, and we call these young coaches "DNA-type managers", referring to the genes of the clubs they play for.
For Barcelona, at the moment when the funds and personnel are in trouble and the team is in a trough, it is not realistic to choose a famous coach, and Xavi, who has Barça genes, is considered to be the best choice. But why not Harvey's predecessor, Koeman? Put down the Dutch national team, join the main team as the "dream team" of the year, come with enthusiasm, and go away.
The same example abounds in Europe, Chelsea's veteran captain Lampard, in the team can not be reinforcements in the dilemma of taking up the coaching whip, this sentiment is touching, vigorously digging up the young man he led the team to the top four league, won the Champions League qualification, the FA Cup to reach the final, the results can be said to be good, but the team has money, after the big reinforcement, the poor performance lampard was ruthlessly fired by the club.
Also in the Premier League, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had a hard time, can also bring a lot of reference to Xavi. As an important member of Manchester United's history, the Norwegian became the acting manager of the team at the time of Manchester United's crisis, single-handedly changing the decline of the team and smoothly turning it right. However, after the initial honeymoon, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did not conquer the hearts of Manchester United fans, if it were not for Ronaldo's several good plays of the savior in danger, the Norwegian's dismissal would have no suspense.
The best example from Serie A is Pirlo, who gave the former midfield master a chance to conduct the team, but once the results were poor, the Bianconeri also spared him off the class. From the merits of the past to the abandoned manager, "yesterday it was called a little sweet, today it became a cow lady", this is the most cruel reality of professional football, and it is also the psychological preparation that Harvey must be prepared for.
In fact, the dilemma that Harvey is facing today is even more difficult than the above ones. Barca are now so poor that Xavi can only pay half of his €5 million termination fee, and the other half has to figure out his own way. Returning at the most difficult time, Xavi has done his best and is worthy of Barca, but if he fails to bring up this main squad that tends to age and is divorced from Germany due to salary cuts, in short, if Barcelona loses the qualification for the Champions League next season, whether the club will also do their best for Xavieren and give him patience and time, all this remains to be proven.
Of course, on the positive side, the "DNA-type manager" is not all examples of failure, and Zidane, who was in charge of Real Madrid, and Guardiola, who coached Barcelona, are both extremely successful examples: known as the "master of metaphysics".
Zidane created the myth of the Champions League's three consecutive titles, and Guardiola's "Dream Three Team" is the pinnacle of Barca's history, taking the passing control of football to the extreme. Although they have left Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, they have not been fired, but have left voluntarily.
Objectively speaking, however, guardiola and Zidane's philosophy of success is almost impossible to replicate. Guardiola was hand-picked by Cruyff, and he was also active in his studies, once taught under Bielsa. After retiring in 2006, Zidane quickly transitioned to coaching status, and served as assistants to two world-class coaches, Ancelotti and Mourinho, both of whom were the heads of the Nabai family and eventually became a generation of famous coaches.
In addition, before the two of them became the manager of La Liga, they had also been working as coaches within the club, and they were already familiar with the internal operation of the team and the contradictions and disputes between the top management. Obviously, these are the advantages that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Lampard, Pirlo, and even Harvey cannot match. Although they are all named DNA managers, they have been much slower to start...