Xavi confirms the meeting Abidal and refuses to talk about Barcelona training
Xavi Hernandez confirmed that he had met the sports director of Barcelona, former French defender Eric Abidal, but he refused to talk about supervising the Catalan club in which he starred as a player and scored with him all possible titles.
Xavi admitted, “I cannot hide that my dream is to train Barcelona and I have said this repeatedly (...) Everyone knows that I encourage Barcelona with all my heart. The Catalan Radio Cadena Ser indicated that Abidal discussed with Chafee the possibility of training the team for the next two seasons, and also For the remainder of the current season, the current coach, Ernesto Valverde, will be abandoned.
These reports come after Barcelona lost 2-3 against Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, which will bring its final match Sunday between the poles of the capital Real and Atletico.
The loss added to the pressure on Valverde, despite the fact that the club tops the La Liga ranking by goal difference from rivals Real II.
Xavi did not hide in previous stages, his desire to train Barcelona. He said, "I cannot hide that one of my dreams is to train Barcelona, of course, but I do not think that he will be soon. This decision is not up to me."
Xavi won with Barcelona a series of titles, most notably the Champions League four times, and the Spanish League eight times. The former midfielder was also among a golden generation of Spanish football, and contributed to the team winning the 2010 World Cup and European Cup 2008 and 2012.
