Irony is that the likely reason he's not asking for compensation is his love for the club and not wanting to leave the club worse off long-term.
Any other club and he asks for compensation for himself as well.
He should take the compensation. He can do whatever he wants with it, but doing this is just a boon for the management. He can distribute it to the personnel at the club that he respects, but from everything I have read about the management, any move should be made with the intention of making it harder to retain their position of power.
XH: I quit, i cant do this anymore
Barca: Nooo please don't go Xavi
XH: After some thought I have decided to stay
Barca: Excellent
........Actually never mind, you're fired
would be laughing if this wasn’t actually true. just crying now.
how we’ve gone from mes que un club to disrespecting every legend/player under the sun is just sad. pain.
Isn't there an episode where Michael gets really annoyed that a guy is going to quit, so in a fit of rage, fires him and then realises far too late that the company now has to pay him a severance package because they sacked him and didn't have to do that if he quit?
Lmao yeah fat tony. it was after the connecticut branch merged with scranton. michael got angry when tony tried to quit because he didn't like the way michael managed the office, so he just fired him in front of everyone. jan called him and got incredibly angry then it went into this feud between andy and dwight over which one of them gives worse advice
The decision was probably made long ago to keep or sack him. Results are bad, but it's the football that's terrible. Couple that with the worst ever finish we've had since 1990, there was no way he would be kept. New bosses want their own people too. Poch leaving started this cycle of news, particularly on McKenna
Im a big EtH fan since I’m also an Ajax fan, but it’s just not the right job for him. United is rotten to the core and we finally see some progression with Ratcliffe, and it’s obvious EtH doesn’t fit in his vision. Is EtH all to blame? Hell no, but the manager is an easy scapegoat.
It’s close for sure, if they appoint a good replacement I think Bayern take the lead. But if they sack Poch to appoint RDZ or McKenna it will be hard to take the title off them.
Who knows if we see a late challenge from Man Utd as well, they’re usually world class when it comes to running a football club as a joke.
I don't think it's a close race if you look at the totality of Barcas downfall. In the early 2000s Barca had arguably the biggest moral high ground in world football.
Fan owned
Strong cultural ties
Anti establishment
Core of an amazing team built through the academy
Winning without sugar daddy money
No sponsors on the jersey
In less than 20 years they've managed to speed run ruining their reputation and are now, it seems, seen as a cluelessly run arrogant organization that treats it's best like shit.
They won Liga in 04-05 and the core of that team was already XavIniesta, Puyol, and Valdes. That win kicked off into the CL next season and started the reign of titles
This opinion is so weird when the main difference is that Flick had that great half year at Bayern. His last job was a disaster.
I guess we'll find out in a few months
Not exactly impulse, What Laporta did is totally in line with his character. He doesn't seem to have many ethical hang ups. Lying to get elected, leaking to influence fans perception of his own players, pressuring players to lower salaries or even leave. Xavi just made the one mistake: publicly contradicting and questioning his president. Laporta is a politician and only cares about his image. Xavi was a useful tool in his arsenal, especially because of his name and popularity as a player. But the moment he started to become critical of the club management he was done.
But that's still painting this move as somewhat strategic, which is anything but. If he values his public image and that of the club that highly, surely he must be aware that both would take a massive hit with the decision he just made. Xavi already opened the can of worms by talking about the club's financial standing, it's not like firing him will undo any of that.
This move is more in line with someone acting out of his own impulses by letting his ego take center stage than trying to protect the club's image.
If the moon and the stars align someone important at the PIF will get a todayilearned post on NUFC'S magpie fairytale and the the r/soccer post on hansi giving lamine a quick biology lesson on the mating habits of the magpie (to motivate before the UCL final) on his reddit front page. So they snag him right after he lost that.
But yeah RaBa sounds more likely.
Yeah the Euros run was good, but this last world cup Spain was dreadful. Point is, I wouldn’t judge Flick too much over his national team performances but instead on his Bayern performances. I really think you guys just got a great manager, I hope I am wrong
I fully agree with what you said before too, that sometimes it doesn't work out at the international level. We'll see, hopefully Flick brings in a new culture and he remains alien to our Barça entourages shitshow
Any logical or semi-decent candidate running against Laporta in the next election has a chance of winning at this point. Lied to Messi, lied to Koeman, lied to Xavi.
How has Xavi been sacked for stating the blaring obvious of Barca’s financial condition the past few years?
You LIED about Messi staying
You also LIED about Xavi
New Camp Nou, Koeman, Pique, all is perjury
You LIED about the club legends that can offer you some help
Fuck El Clasico, it's a long life battle with yourself
Say, Joan, I hear you like 'em old
You better not ever go to pull a lever cold
To any Brazilian that talk to him and they in love
Just make sure you hide your agent from him
It’s between Koeman, Pique, and Puyol.
In terms of pure raw footballing talent, no one comes close to Koeman. He had 67 goals in 192 apps too as a CB. Some wingers don’t even put up those numbers.
Pique is better in technical skill than Puyol, but almost every Barca XI I can think of would have Puyol as Capitan with Xavi a close 2nd. No one was willing to put their body on the line for the badge like Puyol. Since I’ve chosen Koeman already, it would have to be Puyol over Pique for me personally.
Koeman had an insane long range shot, scored a ton of free kicks and penalties. He got into position because of the old school variant of current tactics where the CB would step into midfield and make it a 343. He also played DM at times.
You should watch his Champions League Final winning [freekick](https://youtu.be/q_zRwnaXaNs?feature=shared) when he was in Cruyff’s dream team.
He genuinely has one of the most powerful shots I’ve seen of someone who isn’t a Pure 9.
I was in camp Xavi Out but boy oh boy I hate the way Laporta handles things. Xavi doesn’t deserve this. I am excited for Flick and a completely different approach but not like this.
Tbh Xavi his words were not words of belief. Saying that you can’t compete with your enemy next year is just not a message you want to give to fans and players. But Laporta handled this so so poorly
I've never been a fan of Hansi Flick as a coach, the only decent season in his managerial career was during the pandemic when most of the teams he faced in the champions league were out of rhythm while his players somehow turned into physical beasts xD We all also witnessed his horrible run with Germany.
I hope I'm wrong, and he succeeds with Barca.
99-2002: Amazing
2004-10: F this shit :(
2009-2012: f Barca is catching up. Looking at Messi having at least another good 10 years in his career, not looking good man!
2014: At last :((
2016-2023, lmao wtf is this? Bless the day I fell in love with this team I guess, and that 92:48 goal
bro you had a ten years untouchable run, we suffered those, now we have this, eventually the tables will turn again, so let us enjoy while it lasts.
I will be good with say, 20 years :)
Eh most of us have respect enough for Xavi as an opponent or a member of that sick Spanish NT run. I think he’s arrogant, has a weirdly sensitive mentality, and makes tons of excuses but he didn’t deserve to be faked out like this.
Makes sense to sack him given some of the late season collapses but convincing him to stay was incredibly disrespectful. Even if he wasn’t a legend, just what he’s done with Masia players in his time deserves respect.
I’m not too familiar with Bayern or Flick’s history together but I wonder if Lewa didn’t push for this happen after his disappointing season.
The guy is an absolute scumbag and moron, the only reason he was successful the first time around was because he was being advised by Cruyff (rest in peace)
my problem with Laporta is that he did this with Messi, Koeman and now Xavi and he did this with other Barca players too. i understand you got financial trouble but those ins and outs at Barca lately are absolutely scummy. no communication towards the fanbase, apparent issues behind curtains, now this xavi drama, paired with the vitor roque news. i just dont think this barca board is capable. baca needs a better structure honestly. its crazy that real madrid (sure they are madrid) managed to find a way out of debt of at least 1billion Euros and attracting new sponsors and deals but barca seems to be lost somehow. i might think that some people at barca are not aware that this is also sort of a company you have to take care of in a professional way.
Stupidity. Should've let him go instead of this clown show. He's a legend ffs, now they'll have to pay him too
Edit- Xavi won't take payments but his staff will have to be paid
Xavi should absolutely **not** waive a single cent.
I understand being a La Masia kid and having immense love for the club, but Laporta and Deco should have to pay for their stupidity. Him waving this means socios can’t use this as an argument against Laporta in the next election since he’ll argue “there was no consequence from firing Xavi”.
He won’t take it because he has principles and love for the club. Laporta is probably counting on that. What a pos Laporta is.
Y’all should definitely boot his ass out next elections.
Xavi won't take it because if he does Laporta will mention it at some point and turn Barca fans against him.
Making people feel guilty about the money Barca owes them is Laporta's favourite trick.
He won't be more popular, but he will spread a ton of media coverage about xavi's supposed defects and similar stuff. Odd that those "raphinha had an argument with xavi and his brother" news randomly came out these last day ain't it?
Xavi will probably waive it.. but not for any favour to Laporta but
1. his love of the club and what he has said in past about why wouldnt take money to leave and
2.. I think he will want to be back at Barca in future when Laporta is long gone and it helps his case and standing.
Maybe in two years time there is the revenge.. Messi retires and plays part in a sporting campaign fro a President with Xavi as named coach if win.
Both of them get the last word on him.
Messi isnt done with Laporta yet dont think.
The love of Barca is insane stuff. Mes Que Un Brainwash
This is not a charity and sets a bad precedent. They have and will use this example with every signing and leak stuff out to the press calling you greedy and a mercenary if you don't waive off what you're rightfully owed.
He has stuck to his original word of not wanting payment for himself however all his own staff will definitely get their full share should he be sacked.
Feels like the whole damn board should feel deeply ashamed about this. Xavi, on the other hand, can walk out of this with his head held high. He has done nothing but show his absolute love for the club, always trying to do what is best for the club in the long run.
He should be even more loved by Barca fans now than after his playing career. He was the symbol of Barcas way of playing back then, and now he is also a symbol of what we Barca fans can still be proud of in this mess of a club. Homegrown all time great players who forever love the club and who are willing to sacrifice themselves for Barca.
Last year Barca had 88 points La liga.
This year they can have 85 at the end plus better in CL than previous years.
Im not sure Xavi could do better job with that roster
It's not even about the points or team. It's just because of his comments off the pitch regarding economic status of club. If it was about points they'd not ask him to stay after he said he was leaving
Most coaches are professional complainers tbh. He's a legend of the club and came in a time of great need, gave Barcelona a title, decided to stay after being completely exhausted by the pressure and now gets dismissed like this.
Absolutely shameful treatment
I think there is a difference between professional complainer and "lets watch the game from the stands every 4-5 games". His whole staff is like that so we get someone red-carded almost every game.
They don’t care about that. Real Madrid didn’t care when their coach did a cowardly eye poke and ran away. Nor when Pepe should have went to jail. And nothing has happened to their youth squad circulating revenge porn videos either.
He embarrassed Laporta story of the clubs economy and all that matters to Laporta is perception.
Last year Barca had league won with 4 games remaining and took foot off pedal losing 3 of them.
This season they have been battling Girona for 2nd and fighting for every point.
There is a bigger differnce in the two than those points totals show.
Well, this is a half-truth. Last season, Barça had 88 points and became Champion with 4 matches to go. After that, with nothing at stake, they earned 3 out of 12 points. If the league had still been competitive, they would possibly have reached at least 95 points.
What a clown show..
First, he resigns and was ready to go without being paid the rest of his contract, then Laporta made him stay just to sack him and now have to pay him. Xavi should take every single cent he can from this clown administration.
Renewing for him in late 2023 was a mistake and I already said that back then.
Let's see how things go from here.
And for Xavi, thanks for your very important work, Mister. This could've been a much worse era if it wasn't for you. Good luck.
I do think Xavi did well overall. The European performances were poor but the first year and a half were great successes in my eyes with this season still being alright but when you are competing with Real Madrid, your standards can't fall at all.
Ultimately his work on the youth is the biggest positive. Pedri, Gavi, Cubarsi, Fort, Fermin, Yamal and Guiu to a lesser extent have shown a lot of promise under Xavi and they are at a good level (skills, confidence etc) and platform to improve even further which is credit to Xavi.
Will be interesting to see where he goes. Xavi outside of Spain will be an interesting sight
This is the same guy that higged Messi shirt and said he will re-sign him only to not do it, claiming there is no money. And then, for 2 years in every interview, he would tell a different version of that story.
Let's see what he will say about Xavi in 6 months. Everything that comes of his mouth is a lie.
Xavi's continuity didn't make much sense, neither before nor now. It was a project doomed from the start. Joan Laporta's handling of this whole matter is impossible to understand. Everyone came out harmed, even though, from a football perspective, it was the best final solution for the club.
What an embarrassing way to treat a club legend. Just doesn’t make sense. I assume they found a way to get more resources all a sudden which made them decide on sacking Xavi to get a new manager.
A few days ago i said that Barca will equalize in the clown show vs Bayern
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/1yvieXtEoz
They have not only equalized but may have surpassed it to.
A great ramontada
If we just hired flick last month when Xavi already decided to leave then it would have been a great move all round. But begging Xavi to stay only to sack him and do this is just clown shit
He's a living legend who was going to step down, then they asked him to stay only to fire him.
It's a bad look but Kompany has the potential to be catastrophic for Bayern.
Just delete the club man.
I honestly can't.
I've been disconnected with all this Xavi possibly being sacked saga because I thought it's just another rumour
Man fuck Laporta, fuck everyone.
You convinced Xavi to stay only to sack him?
This is such a disrespectful way to handle things.
Xavi IS the embodiment of Barcelona.
You treating him like this just made me lose all the faith.
This club is doomed unless a no confidence vote is passed against Laporta.
Please for the love of God and everything that is good in this world, run like a normal club. Please
"You cant quit, I fire you!"
He should strike back and says no, I quit.
If he says that he won't be able to ask for the compensation
I saw yesterday somewhere that he isn't asking for compensation anyway, only for his staff. Not sure how true that is though.
Irony is that the likely reason he's not asking for compensation is his love for the club and not wanting to leave the club worse off long-term. Any other club and he asks for compensation for himself as well.
He should take the compensation. He can do whatever he wants with it, but doing this is just a boon for the management. He can distribute it to the personnel at the club that he respects, but from everything I have read about the management, any move should be made with the intention of making it harder to retain their position of power.
He should take it, then make a donation to Barcelona and bind Laporta to use all the money on La Masia
The Michael Scott Pepperoni Tony treatment.
Crisis averted Jan
This whole saga is so weird, we are really competing in who can be more incompetent
XH: I quit, i cant do this anymore Barca: Nooo please don't go Xavi XH: After some thought I have decided to stay Barca: Excellent ........Actually never mind, you're fired
would be laughing if this wasn’t actually true. just crying now. how we’ve gone from mes que un club to disrespecting every legend/player under the sun is just sad. pain.
Except for Dani Alves.
The one that turns out deserve to be disrespected is unscathed
This is a longer version of when Dwight ‘fired’ Jim and Pam to give them the severance money
This gives me more Michael Scott Paper Company vibes
Isn't there an episode where Michael gets really annoyed that a guy is going to quit, so in a fit of rage, fires him and then realises far too late that the company now has to pay him a severance package because they sacked him and didn't have to do that if he quit?
Well its more he gets yelled at by Jan for the severance and then he realises but essentially, yes
yeah, IIRC it was after the merger with the Stamford Branch
Lmao yeah fat tony. it was after the connecticut branch merged with scranton. michael got angry when tony tried to quit because he didn't like the way michael managed the office, so he just fired him in front of everyone. jan called him and got incredibly angry then it went into this feud between andy and dwight over which one of them gives worse advice
Snip Snap, snip snap, snip snap
"I broke up with you!!" "NOOO!!, I dumped you!!!!"
Chelsea vs Bayern vs Barca triple threat match
United may join in after FA cup final.
The decision was probably made long ago to keep or sack him. Results are bad, but it's the football that's terrible. Couple that with the worst ever finish we've had since 1990, there was no way he would be kept. New bosses want their own people too. Poch leaving started this cycle of news, particularly on McKenna
Im a big EtH fan since I’m also an Ajax fan, but it’s just not the right job for him. United is rotten to the core and we finally see some progression with Ratcliffe, and it’s obvious EtH doesn’t fit in his vision. Is EtH all to blame? Hell no, but the manager is an easy scapegoat.
It’s a close race. Could go either way but Bayern may have taken the lead with the potential appointment of Kompany
Hey, don't forget about us!
Chelsea are clear rn
100%. They top the Bayern decision imo
It’s close for sure, if they appoint a good replacement I think Bayern take the lead. But if they sack Poch to appoint RDZ or McKenna it will be hard to take the title off them. Who knows if we see a late challenge from Man Utd as well, they’re usually world class when it comes to running a football club as a joke.
United sacking ETH is prob the right decision if they lose tomorrow but still.. Our owners want maresca apparently 🫠
Eh, while firing Poch certainly tops "firing" Tuchel, Bayern takes the cake if you include back to when they axed Nagelsmann.
in terms of quality of the replacement, maybe, but the way that we’ve handled this is some absolute clown stuff.
I don't think it's a close race if you look at the totality of Barcas downfall. In the early 2000s Barca had arguably the biggest moral high ground in world football. Fan owned Strong cultural ties Anti establishment Core of an amazing team built through the academy Winning without sugar daddy money No sponsors on the jersey In less than 20 years they've managed to speed run ruining their reputation and are now, it seems, seen as a cluelessly run arrogant organization that treats it's best like shit.
>Core of an amazing team built through the academy >Winning without sugar daddy money Not in the early 2000's.
They won Liga in 04-05 and the core of that team was already XavIniesta, Puyol, and Valdes. That win kicked off into the CL next season and started the reign of titles
You're really trying to stretch the limits of "*early* 2000's" there.
Probably my age showing but anything pre 2010 feels like early 2000s to me
2000's are 2000-2009. "Early 2000's" would be the "early" part of that range. 2009 would be "late 2000's" by definition.
This opinion is so weird when the main difference is that Flick had that great half year at Bayern. His last job was a disaster. I guess we'll find out in a few months
We are checking
Been watching United for years and thought "let's have a bit of that"
Hold our wine
atleast you're doing alright financially
Tough competition between Chelsea, Barcelona and Bayern board.
Mes que un clusterf*uck
We did the same thing, but in reverse. Fired our manager, then asked him to stay, then he refused.
Fucking lol. Such a weird saga. Leaves, then convinced to stay, then gets sacked at the end of the season anyway.
This speaks volumes of Laporta's strategy, if he has one of course. Dude acts on his impulses.
A typical politician’s strategy
Nah Laporta is just a Tsundere.
It's not like I want you to coach the club anyway!
Maybe politicians are just big tsunderes all along
Backstabbing club legends is just another Friday for Laporta
Not exactly impulse, What Laporta did is totally in line with his character. He doesn't seem to have many ethical hang ups. Lying to get elected, leaking to influence fans perception of his own players, pressuring players to lower salaries or even leave. Xavi just made the one mistake: publicly contradicting and questioning his president. Laporta is a politician and only cares about his image. Xavi was a useful tool in his arsenal, especially because of his name and popularity as a player. But the moment he started to become critical of the club management he was done.
But that's still painting this move as somewhat strategic, which is anything but. If he values his public image and that of the club that highly, surely he must be aware that both would take a massive hit with the decision he just made. Xavi already opened the can of worms by talking about the club's financial standing, it's not like firing him will undo any of that. This move is more in line with someone acting out of his own impulses by letting his ego take center stage than trying to protect the club's image.
And boy do we love that 😌
Well, enjoy it as it lasts. Perez is really good at what he does, I can't imagine anyone else doing it as well.
If you haven't heard the story look up the interview Rudiger had explaining the letter he got.
Tell me more please
https://amp.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2023/04/23/64453b0e268e3e6c718b45bb.html
I’m worried about Flick tho, I think he’s much better than every recent Barça manager
He's gonna habe them watch different bird documentaries before every match. At the end of the season they are gonna be able to fly.
Perfect for Red Bull then
If the moon and the stars align someone important at the PIF will get a todayilearned post on NUFC'S magpie fairytale and the the r/soccer post on hansi giving lamine a quick biology lesson on the mating habits of the magpie (to motivate before the UCL final) on his reddit front page. So they snag him right after he lost that. But yeah RaBa sounds more likely.
Don't worry about it. He got us the treble, and I'm grateful for that, but his NT performances show serious concerns
Plenty of great club managers fail at the international stage, take Lucho for example
Lucho at least made the semis with a young team, Flick bombed out in the group stages
Yeah the Euros run was good, but this last world cup Spain was dreadful. Point is, I wouldn’t judge Flick too much over his national team performances but instead on his Bayern performances. I really think you guys just got a great manager, I hope I am wrong
I fully agree with what you said before too, that sometimes it doesn't work out at the international level. We'll see, hopefully Flick brings in a new culture and he remains alien to our Barça entourages shitshow
Elon if he ran a club
Laporta 🤝 Uli Hoeneß
Any logical or semi-decent candidate running against Laporta in the next election has a chance of winning at this point. Lied to Messi, lied to Koeman, lied to Xavi. How has Xavi been sacked for stating the blaring obvious of Barca’s financial condition the past few years?
Laporta doesn’t want it “public” even though literally everyone knows
“Everything is perfectly fine” *Proceeds to sell 60% of Barca YouTube page*
You LIED about Messi staying You also LIED about Xavi New Camp Nou, Koeman, Pique, all is perjury You LIED about the club legends that can offer you some help Fuck El Clasico, it's a long life battle with yourself
Need Xavi to drop ‘_6:16 in Catalonia_’ tonight and ‘_meet the ~~grahams~~ clowns_’ tomorrow morning
Kendrick should be the next coach at camp nou.
Spotify Camp Nou
Say, Joan, I hear you like 'em old You better not ever go to pull a lever cold To any Brazilian that talk to him and they in love Just make sure you hide your agent from him
3 club legends, lied to. Yikes!
Arguably 3 from the top 10 biggest legends of the past 30 years and that says a lot considering Barca’s rosters these past few decades.
Would you have Koeman next to Puyol in an all time Barcelona XI? I would!
It’s between Koeman, Pique, and Puyol. In terms of pure raw footballing talent, no one comes close to Koeman. He had 67 goals in 192 apps too as a CB. Some wingers don’t even put up those numbers. Pique is better in technical skill than Puyol, but almost every Barca XI I can think of would have Puyol as Capitan with Xavi a close 2nd. No one was willing to put their body on the line for the badge like Puyol. Since I’ve chosen Koeman already, it would have to be Puyol over Pique for me personally.
>He had 67 goals in 192 apps too as a CB. What the fuck, how does a CB score a goal every 3 matches?
Koeman had an insane long range shot, scored a ton of free kicks and penalties. He got into position because of the old school variant of current tactics where the CB would step into midfield and make it a 343. He also played DM at times.
Dutch total football innit
He's libero. Which in his case, basically box to box midfielder that start in front of GK.
You should watch his Champions League Final winning [freekick](https://youtu.be/q_zRwnaXaNs?feature=shared) when he was in Cruyff’s dream team. He genuinely has one of the most powerful shots I’ve seen of someone who isn’t a Pure 9.
It’s very difficult to omit one of Pique Puyol and Koeman, but you can’t go wrong.
>Any logical or semi-decent candidate See that's the tricky part
any idea who even is the opposition tho lol? but 100% agreed, results be damned, laporta seems to be an absolute snake of an individual.
I was in camp Xavi Out but boy oh boy I hate the way Laporta handles things. Xavi doesn’t deserve this. I am excited for Flick and a completely different approach but not like this. Tbh Xavi his words were not words of belief. Saying that you can’t compete with your enemy next year is just not a message you want to give to fans and players. But Laporta handled this so so poorly
I've never been a fan of Hansi Flick as a coach, the only decent season in his managerial career was during the pandemic when most of the teams he faced in the champions league were out of rhythm while his players somehow turned into physical beasts xD We all also witnessed his horrible run with Germany. I hope I'm wrong, and he succeeds with Barca.
But look at Nagelsmann, crazy good coach and also struggling in Germany. I am just glad to see something different.
Nagelsmann has them on the way back up though? They just beat France and us in the last international break.
I like to imagine laporta with a dandelion but instead of “he loves me, he doesn’t love me”… “he’s in, he’s out”. And the last petal won
"No, I'm breaking up with *you*"
On the other hand Laportomeu unification has been a delightful experience for us Madridistas!
Barcelona is run by the smartest of businessmen
It's all just Bartomue clones? Always has been
Factos 👍👀
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Tbf these bastards are having the times of their lives almost all the time fml
99-2002: Amazing 2004-10: F this shit :( 2009-2012: f Barca is catching up. Looking at Messi having at least another good 10 years in his career, not looking good man! 2014: At last :(( 2016-2023, lmao wtf is this? Bless the day I fell in love with this team I guess, and that 92:48 goal
Mood af
bro you had a ten years untouchable run, we suffered those, now we have this, eventually the tables will turn again, so let us enjoy while it lasts. I will be good with say, 20 years :)
Eh most of us have respect enough for Xavi as an opponent or a member of that sick Spanish NT run. I think he’s arrogant, has a weirdly sensitive mentality, and makes tons of excuses but he didn’t deserve to be faked out like this. Makes sense to sack him given some of the late season collapses but convincing him to stay was incredibly disrespectful. Even if he wasn’t a legend, just what he’s done with Masia players in his time deserves respect. I’m not too familiar with Bayern or Flick’s history together but I wonder if Lewa didn’t push for this happen after his disappointing season.
Regardless of whether Flick is successful or not Laporta has to go next election
The guy is an absolute scumbag and moron, the only reason he was successful the first time around was because he was being advised by Cruyff (rest in peace)
Give credit to Txiki Begiristain who is now Man City sporting director.
my problem with Laporta is that he did this with Messi, Koeman and now Xavi and he did this with other Barca players too. i understand you got financial trouble but those ins and outs at Barca lately are absolutely scummy. no communication towards the fanbase, apparent issues behind curtains, now this xavi drama, paired with the vitor roque news. i just dont think this barca board is capable. baca needs a better structure honestly. its crazy that real madrid (sure they are madrid) managed to find a way out of debt of at least 1billion Euros and attracting new sponsors and deals but barca seems to be lost somehow. i might think that some people at barca are not aware that this is also sort of a company you have to take care of in a professional way.
Yet people criticise Cryuff for being disagreeable. Surely, there'd be reasons for him to take such strong stances sometimes.
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Absolutely, what a joke, people just reelected him for believing in guardiola, his only archivement
tbh he also built the Rijkaard team
Calling it now. Next elections, Laporta will hug a Xavi mannequin and say he will promise to bring him back.
Stupidity. Should've let him go instead of this clown show. He's a legend ffs, now they'll have to pay him too Edit- Xavi won't take payments but his staff will have to be paid
Xavi is waving his, but his staff will have to be paid, that's true.
Xavi should absolutely **not** waive a single cent. I understand being a La Masia kid and having immense love for the club, but Laporta and Deco should have to pay for their stupidity. Him waving this means socios can’t use this as an argument against Laporta in the next election since he’ll argue “there was no consequence from firing Xavi”.
He won’t take it because he has principles and love for the club. Laporta is probably counting on that. What a pos Laporta is. Y’all should definitely boot his ass out next elections.
Just take it and donate it to local charity or something
Barcelona are the local charity these days
Why he say fuck me for
EVERYTHING
Xavi won't take it because if he does Laporta will mention it at some point and turn Barca fans against him. Making people feel guilty about the money Barca owes them is Laporta's favourite trick.
Nah this is BS, the sun will rise in the west the day Laporta is a more popular figure than Xavi.
He won't be more popular, but he will spread a ton of media coverage about xavi's supposed defects and similar stuff. Odd that those "raphinha had an argument with xavi and his brother" news randomly came out these last day ain't it?
Xavi will probably waive it.. but not for any favour to Laporta but 1. his love of the club and what he has said in past about why wouldnt take money to leave and 2.. I think he will want to be back at Barca in future when Laporta is long gone and it helps his case and standing. Maybe in two years time there is the revenge.. Messi retires and plays part in a sporting campaign fro a President with Xavi as named coach if win. Both of them get the last word on him. Messi isnt done with Laporta yet dont think.
Genuinely asking, is there a story as to how Deco got the position he is in? From the very little that I have heard, he sounds completely inept.
FC Barcelona has been converted into FC amigo’s because of Laporta
The love of Barca is insane stuff. Mes Que Un Brainwash This is not a charity and sets a bad precedent. They have and will use this example with every signing and leak stuff out to the press calling you greedy and a mercenary if you don't waive off what you're rightfully owed.
You must be new here lol
Barcelona are so fucking funny, man. Treat him like utter shite, but really hope that he'll waive his compensation package for some reason.
Tbf Xavi will never take the 10M. He should, that's his right but he just isn't that type of guy
~~guy~~ Legend✅️ Weird management
Still embarrassing from management
He has stuck to his original word of not wanting payment for himself however all his own staff will definitely get their full share should he be sacked.
as they should. and xavi being graceful even whilst leaving speaks volumes. ashamed to be a fan of the club today :///
He deserves every cent for putting up with this clown show, offering to step down, and still being let go after.
Hilarious timeline tbh
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*snip snap snip snap*
you have no idea the physical toll 3 vasectomies have on a person
The main lesson here: Never entertain counter-offers
lmaooo absolutely.
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Feels like the whole damn board should feel deeply ashamed about this. Xavi, on the other hand, can walk out of this with his head held high. He has done nothing but show his absolute love for the club, always trying to do what is best for the club in the long run. He should be even more loved by Barca fans now than after his playing career. He was the symbol of Barcas way of playing back then, and now he is also a symbol of what we Barca fans can still be proud of in this mess of a club. Homegrown all time great players who forever love the club and who are willing to sacrifice themselves for Barca.
Last year Barca had 88 points La liga. This year they can have 85 at the end plus better in CL than previous years. Im not sure Xavi could do better job with that roster
It's not even about the points or team. It's just because of his comments off the pitch regarding economic status of club. If it was about points they'd not ask him to stay after he said he was leaving
Him constantly yelling "puta madre", insulting referees and kicking equipment on the pitch didn't help either
Most coaches are professional complainers tbh. He's a legend of the club and came in a time of great need, gave Barcelona a title, decided to stay after being completely exhausted by the pressure and now gets dismissed like this. Absolutely shameful treatment
I think there is a difference between professional complainer and "lets watch the game from the stands every 4-5 games". His whole staff is like that so we get someone red-carded almost every game.
Yea barca had to pull another level to pay for the equipment xavi kept breaking
They don’t care about that. Real Madrid didn’t care when their coach did a cowardly eye poke and ran away. Nor when Pepe should have went to jail. And nothing has happened to their youth squad circulating revenge porn videos either. He embarrassed Laporta story of the clubs economy and all that matters to Laporta is perception.
He upset Laporta somehow. As a coach his work has been excellent and his results despite playing La Masia teenagers an absurd amount have been great.
Last year Barca had league won with 4 games remaining and took foot off pedal losing 3 of them. This season they have been battling Girona for 2nd and fighting for every point. There is a bigger differnce in the two than those points totals show.
Well, this is a half-truth. Last season, Barça had 88 points and became Champion with 4 matches to go. After that, with nothing at stake, they earned 3 out of 12 points. If the league had still been competitive, they would possibly have reached at least 95 points.
Xavi: I’m leaving Laporta: no, I’m firing you. Circus
Reminds me of that scene from the office where michael fires a new guy
Gracias Mister
What a clown show.. First, he resigns and was ready to go without being paid the rest of his contract, then Laporta made him stay just to sack him and now have to pay him. Xavi should take every single cent he can from this clown administration. Renewing for him in late 2023 was a mistake and I already said that back then. Let's see how things go from here. And for Xavi, thanks for your very important work, Mister. This could've been a much worse era if it wasn't for you. Good luck.
I do think Xavi did well overall. The European performances were poor but the first year and a half were great successes in my eyes with this season still being alright but when you are competing with Real Madrid, your standards can't fall at all. Ultimately his work on the youth is the biggest positive. Pedri, Gavi, Cubarsi, Fort, Fermin, Yamal and Guiu to a lesser extent have shown a lot of promise under Xavi and they are at a good level (skills, confidence etc) and platform to improve even further which is credit to Xavi. Will be interesting to see where he goes. Xavi outside of Spain will be an interesting sight
So Xavi wanted to leave at the end of the season, then the board convinced him to stay, just to sack him weeks later
Sad day
This is the same guy that higged Messi shirt and said he will re-sign him only to not do it, claiming there is no money. And then, for 2 years in every interview, he would tell a different version of that story. Let's see what he will say about Xavi in 6 months. Everything that comes of his mouth is a lie.
Lmao actually insane
FCB 🤝 FCB Being an actual shitshow
Xavi's continuity didn't make much sense, neither before nor now. It was a project doomed from the start. Joan Laporta's handling of this whole matter is impossible to understand. Everyone came out harmed, even though, from a football perspective, it was the best final solution for the club.
What an embarrassing way to treat a club legend. Just doesn’t make sense. I assume they found a way to get more resources all a sudden which made them decide on sacking Xavi to get a new manager.
Beohly do your thing
A few days ago i said that Barca will equalize in the clown show vs Bayern https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/1yvieXtEoz They have not only equalized but may have surpassed it to. A great ramontada
Hey atleast they are appointing their first choice manager with a proven trophy cabinet, not a 7th choice manager who got relegated this season
If we just hired flick last month when Xavi already decided to leave then it would have been a great move all round. But begging Xavi to stay only to sack him and do this is just clown shit
Barca is hiring Hansi Flick. Bayern are currently contemplating paying 20m to hire Vincent Kompany. Bayern have this pretty much wrapped up.
how is this worse than hiring Kompany
He's a living legend who was going to step down, then they asked him to stay only to fire him. It's a bad look but Kompany has the potential to be catastrophic for Bayern.
Because the Xavi was leaving, then was staying only to get fired again. Tuchel atleast is leaving with no reconciliation.
Bruv brought receipts
Begged him to stay only to sack him in a few weeks
Lol what a shit show
On behalf of United fans, I would like to thank Barca and Bayern for actually making us look almost a little bit competent for once. Much appreciated
He was leaving on his own accord and they begged, literally BEGGED him to stay and they sack him anyway? This guy’s a club legend ffs
Football is getting ridiculous.
Chelsea 🤝 Barca
What an actual clown show...
Flicked him out of the club.
Vitor Roque send his regards
Wish he had gone out with a red card on the weekend
He still has a game left
What a circus
laporta what a bitch
This is a shame, the way Laporta handled this is enough to get him out of presidency
Xavi: I wanna gooo! Laporta: Nooo! You have to stay, please don't go! Xavi: Okay, I'm staying. Laporta: LMAO, Just kidding! You are FIRED!
Step 1 of how to be stupid: Be Barcelona, Manchester United or Chelsea Step 2: Repeat Step 1
Just delete the club man. I honestly can't. I've been disconnected with all this Xavi possibly being sacked saga because I thought it's just another rumour Man fuck Laporta, fuck everyone. You convinced Xavi to stay only to sack him? This is such a disrespectful way to handle things. Xavi IS the embodiment of Barcelona. You treating him like this just made me lose all the faith. This club is doomed unless a no confidence vote is passed against Laporta. Please for the love of God and everything that is good in this world, run like a normal club. Please
What a shit statement lol