The first vice president of the sports area of FC Barcelona, Rafa Yuste, confirmed the change of mind Xavi Hernandez to continue being the Barça coach next seasonhighlighting “excitement” and “commitment” in the project as key.
“We are happy for your decision, that everything continues the same. We are sure that the illusion that has been generated continues“he said this Wednesday around twelve at night, after leaving the meeting they had with the club president, Joan Laporta.
Yuste explained to the media, at the door of Laporta’s house, the change of decision in Xavi who in January surprised at a press conference by announcing that he would not continue at the club after this season. “He is very excited about the project. He will explain it tomorrow with the president, there is total unanimity,” he stated.
Yuste thus confirms Xavi’s new position of continuing on the bench of a Barça that, although the League has not yet finished, paint the season white after being eliminated last week in the Champions League and with the tough defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday.
“Xavi was always the option. We have talked about the project and nothing else. There is a project that he wants to develop and continue, a project that is forged based on the young people who are coming up. It is also forged that Xavi has detected an illusion on the part of the social mass of the huge club in the quarterfinals of the European Cup. This gives him enormous strength to continue with all of us,” he stated about the coach’s motives.
On the other hand, Yuste trusted that the club will continue working to achieve an economic situation that allows signings. “It will depend on the economic part of the club, on seeking the necessary ‘fair play’ and that is what we are in, we are working to comply with the standard. The word is ‘illusion’, it is ‘commitment’ and it is ‘project’,” she concluded.
