Finally, an explanation arrived. Days after announcing that the coach and club‘s legend Xavi Hernandez will not continue as coach of Barcelona, the club‘s president Joan Laporta finally addressed the issue. In an interview for ‘Barca One‘, he spoke about coaching changes, new boss Hansi Flick, Kylian Mbappe, Real Madrid and other topics. The most interesting topic was the change of coach, especially since just under a month ago, the club announced delightfully that Xavi was staying. 💣🗣️ Laporta: “Real Madrid live in their own parallel world. They like to twist the tale. When we were at the Bernabéu, on the small TV screens they were showing clips of refereeing errors against them.” pic.twitter.com/bMqZMhyFvO— Barça Worldwide (@BarcaWorldwide) June 4, 2024 Laporta started with giving the former captain credit for taking over the club in the difficult situation and explained that Xavi told the club that he did not see himself capable of withstanding the pressure, and Laporta accepted it since he thought it would be tough to change the coach in mid-season. Then he said that Xavi changed his mind and vowed to continue as coach. “Then there is a press conference in which he changes his speech and a meeting with the sports director in which he changes his requests squad. This makes me think that we must give a new impetus to get the most out of this squad. Xavi is a legend and his enthusiasm made us make the decision to ratify him. From the moment he makes those statements and changes his requests substantially, the sports management does not see it clearly and I have the perception that I must give this impulse. The board has the power to make these decisions and make wise corrections, as Xavi also did. We have finished in a very elegant way. He has kept his word, so have we and we have reached an agreement. He has the doors open because he is Barcelona in his heart. We have finished well and now we are taking a turn to continue winning” he explained.A tale of Xavi’s dismissal at BarcaThe Barca president also talked about the process of brining Hansi Flick as the coach and admitted he tried to sign him even before Xavi. “We believed that the best thing for this squad was a new coach, who believed in this squad and who believed that with these players they could beat any team. Knowing that we had an alternative like Hansi Flick, Deco and Bojan had an interview with him to see if he was available to coach Barça. Deco brings us all positive reports, he saw a coach with experience, with a sense of responsibility, how we had to play: pressure, possession, recovery. They came very convinced. He is a serious, responsible, mature man. We asked Flick to win and he told us that he can get a lot of performance out of the current squad. When I arrived to the club, I had thought about Hansi Flick because I had a meeting with the father of this entire generation of German coaches, I wanted to sign him, but I could‘nt do it because he had already committed to Germany“ revealed Laporta.A tale of Xavi’s dismissal at BarcaHe signed, but he didn‘t sign – Barca cannot register FlickTalking about new signings, the Barcelona president emphasized again that Flik will keep the vast majority of the team and that he wants to extend loans to Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo, to which the German coach agreed. “The list of points that I had to make him known about Barça was the commitment to La Masia, and it is something that he also participated in at Bayern. He has seen that we have a gem, of the players who come from La Masia, Balde, Gavi,, Fermín , Araujo , Lamine , Cubarsí … more Pedri , I see him very excited about this, because they are players with a lot of present and a lot of future. If we add to these Gundogan, De Jong , to Lewandowski. The coach is very motivated to get the most out of this team. Maybe we need a wide player, a born winger, and maybe something at a defensive level… We have a very balanced squad and with the reserve team we can complete some demarcations. Let us maintain stability, the sense of responsibility and the transition towards economic recovery” he explained.Barca and Simons want each other, but it’s not only up to themFinally there was a Real Madrid topic, both with Kylian Mbappe‘s signing and the ‘Negreira case‘. “The signing of Mbappé ? I trust more in Barça’s philosophy, which is to trust La Masía. For Real Madrid to appear and extend the summary for six months was a very dirty move. Not everything goes to win. And I don’t know why they play that card because it is a club traditionally favored by referee decisions. I expect everything from them, But I was surprised that they changed history because if there is a club favored by the referees it is Madrid, not Barça. We believe in justice and we will be acquitted. It is an orchestrated campaign against the image of Barça and to influence referee decisions” said Laporta. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8143852##
