{"id":638108,"date":"2024-04-03T10:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=638108"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:04:53","slug":"barcelona-snub-hansi-flick-keep-xavi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/03\/barcelona-snub-hansi-flick-keep-xavi\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Snub \u201cGuardiola-Like\u201d Coach to Pursue Xavi U-Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are reportedly pushing to keep Xavi Hernandez beyond the summer. The Catalans have struggled to find a suitable replacement for their current coach ahead of the next season.<\/p>\n<h2>Language Barrier Takes German Boss Off Barcelona Radar<\/h2>\n<h3>Searching for Xavi\u2019s Replacement<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE DOMINO EFFECT RUINING FOOTBALL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fNQxiqia1Vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Xavi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/xavi-barcelona-coach-la-liga-fired-b2486062.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> his decision to leave the club after a 5-3 defeat against Villarreal in late January. In a post-match press conference, he vowed to walk away from the \u201ccruel and unpleasant\u201d job at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/25\/chelsea-barcelona-target-estevao-willian\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Eyeing Brazilian \u2018Messinho\u2019 Amid Catalans Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since then, reports about Barcelona\u2019s search for a new manager have intensified. Several elite coaches have been linked with a summer move to Camp Nou, with Hansi Flick being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/lists\/hansi-flick-barcelona-joan-laporta-pushing-ex-bayern-germany-boss-replace-xavi-end-of-season\/blte3c1f5bf33f15225\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">considered<\/a> as the frontrunner to land the job.<\/p>\n<p>However, Barca\u2019s interest in signing the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/hansi-flick-is-like-pep-guardiola-bayern-munich-s-thomas-muller-12272\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardiola-like<\/a>&#8221; manager appears to have cooled down in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Communication Remains a Priority<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5385103\/2024\/04\/02\/barcelona-xavi-laporta-la-liga-manager-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>, Flick has already been approached by Barcelona. However, his lack of fluency in English or Spanish has generated doubts about his ability to effectively communicate with the squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/12\/manchester-united-summer-mason-greenwood\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United To Consider Summer Bids For Mason Greenwood As Catalans Circle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blaugrana are also linked with Thomas Tuchel, who is set to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the campaign. However, the 50-year-old\u2019s recent sackings at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, and Bayern make him a tough pick as Barca look for a more reliable option.<\/p>\n<h3>Xavi U-Turn?<\/h3>\n<p>Since announcing his exit in late January, Xavi has led Barcelona to eight wins and three draws in 11 matches across all competitions. The Catalans have completely bounced back from their disappointing run at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the former player has emerged as a possible scenario for the team, who has struggled to find a suitable replacement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/05\/arsenal-raphinha-barcelona-trasnfer-speculation\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Could Renew their Interest in Barca Forward with Club Forced to Sell Players<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Xavi\u2019s excellent track record of promoting La Masia talents makes him hard to replace amid the club\u2019s well-documented financial issues. On Saturday, Barca vice-president Rafa Yuste said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-13256871\/Barcelona-vice-president-Rafa-Yuste-xavi.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>): \u201cXavi knows what we want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s his decision. What I\u2019m going to do as far as I can is to try to convince him to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Xavi has remained silent on the possibility of staying in Barcelona. The 44-year-old manager is expected to announce his decision at the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are reportedly pushing to keep Xavi Hernandez beyond the summer. The Catalans have struggled to find a suitable replacement for their current coach ahead of the next season. Language Barrier Takes German Boss Off Barcelona Radar Searching for Xavi\u2019s Replacement Xavi announced his decision to leave the club after a 5-3 defeat against Villarreal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":638147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1365,7188],"tags":[4335,2803],"class_list":["post-638108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-barcelona","category-rumours","tag-hansi-flick","tag-xavi"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}