Barcelona had a beautiful farewell to coach Xavi Hernandez as they won 2-1 against Sevilla. Xavi - a talented former midfielder with more than 700 appearances for Barcelona - replaced Ronald Koeman in 2021 and took the team from ninth to second in his first season in charge. But he also had to say goodbye to the club in tears.
Barcelona is a difficult club, partly because of its unfavorable financial situation and, above all La Liga's financial fair play rules. Whoever is about to become the new coach of Barcelona, I believe they will face many challenges. This job is not simple, and Hansi Flick must be very patient if he wants everything to go smoothly.
For me, he's not a bad coach, but he's not right material for Barcelona right now, so he had to go. Xavi shared his thoughts on the challenges his successor will face. Xavi's words will surely resonate with fans and future candidates. He warned that the new coach will face a tough job because of the club's high demands and difficult economic situation. Hansi Flick is set to take over at Camp Nou. He knows about Barca's current situation and his responsibilities very well. It will be interesting to see how he tackles those upcoming challenges of managing Barcelona and what changes he'll bring to the team.
I'm yet to understand why you think Xavi Hernandez isn't a bad coach but definitely not right coach for Barcelona because the last time I checked, this same Xavi Hernandez helped Barcelona to win the Spanish La Liga title in the 2022/23 season. Barcelona management in my own opinion should be blamed for the club's poor form in the Spanish La Liga and in other competitions abd not Xavi Hernandez. For a top club to remain competitive, they club must as well remain very active in the transfer market but Barcelona in the last three transfer windows haven't been able to make any significant addition to the club yet, Xavi Hernandez have been making sure the club remains competitive.
It was because of the financial crises at the club that Xavi initially said he was going to leave the club at the end of the season but after so much plea from the club's management, he decided to stay back and help them challenge for trophies next season. I was very surprised to see that the club president made a U-turn to send the young Spanish manager packing.