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Why Xavi almost left Barca in 2008, one club that wanted him and what made him stay

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 were winning and us, nothing," Xavi said back in 2015.

"I go to the national team knowing that if a good offer comes in, the club will sell me. 

I spoke to my agent and there was an offer from

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Pep told me not to move, that he couldn’t imagine the team without me

Xavi also opened up on the rumours about previous coach Frank Rijkaard not liking him.

"I played all but one game, which was against 

 when I came on and scored late on. But it’s funny, if you Google it, you’ll find a lot of 'Rijkaard didn’t trust Xavi.' No! What happened was the dynamic of the environment was negative."

"Everyone wanted us to have a strong double-pivot midfield. They wanted it like the French, with Patrick Vieira and Claude Makelele. 

They didn’t want us, small and technical

The iconic Blaugrana midfielder ended up staying at the club and only left 

 where he eventually finished his career. In total, Xavi made 767 appearances for Barca, scoring 85 goals and providing 184 assists. He won 25 trophies at the club. 

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

I was about saying it.  

Funny enough, one of them argued with me when I made to this particular Xavi situation 

Simon Stanley

nobody is a puiger, it is unfair with the way Koeman is treating the poor boy. He doesn't want to give him a single 90 mins. Such is wickedness.

Anti-Koeman fan

But its totally fine for dembele. Stay tuned for Coach Jrod’s next video I’m going to talk about it

Andrew Yacoub

emmanuel agyemang prempeh, it's clear dat u are a puiger. we still have d likes of Konrad, Fernandes, Alena which are also not getting playing time but u talked about Puig alone. u fight for d team not Puig alone

Mayourprinx21

Mayourprinx21, to be sincere to yourself. All the players you have mentioned were not proven as Puig in the latter part of last season. People don't call for Puig just for nothing, your performance speaks for you. We have seen Puig's talent and it is clear that if a coach wants to intentionally ignore his talent because of an ego is either witchcraft or criminal offence.

emmanuel agyemang prempeh, u are damn rit but no matter how we complain now, d coach will never hear our voice. Instead we should juz support him and pray for a better season

There's no need to support a coach who wouldn't hear your complain.

Samdam Samson

And there’s no need to criticize him for some thing that we know nothing about. We only know what the media tells us which is fake 1/2 the time, on top of that we’re not in Barca’s training academy everyday to know what the problem is. 

see the last statement makes a mark
double pivot of Vera and Makelele is not for our dear club.
how I wish this Dutch man step aside like the previous Dutch man, so we can have a better team of Puig and Alena without double pivot

Tay King

Valve red brought Puig from B team. Valverde brought fati, and host of b players. Yet he was d bad coach. Bcos of d UCL losses which nobody was happy about though. But was that enough to say he’s a bad coach? People talk of different things, how is it today? 😀😀😀

Sunday Oghene

its about the way he made the team play. Not about the talents he pushed forward. These talents were here since their youth. They were discovered by others long before Valverde.

JustBardin

It’s not true. Check d records and see d opportunity Valverde gave to young players. Valverde went to inter Milan without Messi and some other key players and beat inter 2-1. With dis ur celebrated coach, juventus came here to thrash u 3-0. Not even 0-1. When was d last time barca qualifies as runner up in UCL group no matter how tough d group is? 
I don’t celebrate mediocrity. By records and statistics, Valverde is centuries better than Koeman. Mind u, d worst hasn’t happened. Bcos people like u must swallow ur dislike of Valverde. D 8-2 massacre by Bayern Munich is just d beginning. Eibar sharing ur points at camp nou? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’m just laughing. What position is barca after how many matches? Keep making excuses against and in favor. D end justifies d means. 

I only advise guys not to be expectant as d season will get more annoying and frustrating. 

Dude who do you think brought Puig and Fati to the Masia Academy? Count the years, they have been at the Masia Academy for over 10 years both! ....That's the Juan Laporta and Pep Guardiola era🤭
Valverde just reaped what they've sowed!

I never said Valverde is a bad coach. I think he is good at his profession and good at his style of play. It's just not the style that Cruyff has left as legacy at La Masia.
And what Valverde did, was sh*t on Cruyff's legacy, sh*t on the Masia Academy. The whole Masia Academy was made for nothing because of Valverde. And mostly because of Bartomeu!
Cuz he's the one that brought all these Serie A coaches. That's why I don't want them in the house of the savior Cruyff and legend Guardiola. Valverde never belonged here in the first place.

THIS IS CAMP NOU! 😤
Barça's Tiki-Taka Dome!

This is just another example of a player having belief in his ability and how a change in management can turn everything on its head and another reason why Riqui Puig should follow Xavi's career path , managers always have their favourites , sometimes to the detriment of the team .

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	18
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16
Borja Borja Mayoral	Getafe	15
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	15

Why Xavi almost left Barca in 2008, one club that wanted him and what made him stay

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