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Xavi and Joan Laporta

LAPORTA ACCOMPANIED XAVI IN HIS APPOINTMENT

OFFICIAL: Xavi Hernández, new ambassador of the FC Barcelona Foundation

Published:3/04/2024 - 23:16h

Updated:3/04/2024 - 23:16h

This Wednesday, FC Barcelona named Xavi Hernández official ambassador of the Barça Foundation, in a private event held at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. The man from Egara had previously collaborated with the Foundation, supporting charitable events

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Xavi Hernández was appointed officially like ambassador of the Fundació FC Barcelona this Wednesday. The míster of Terrassa received the distinction to the equal that the athlete Àlex Rock during the presentation of the project 'Il·lusions', which looks for to boost positive experiences to boys affected by grave illnesses by means of exclusive meeting with players and players of the Barça.

"It is an honour and a big satisfaction. We are in a privileged position to help to the neediest people", commented the egarense during the press conference made in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper like part of the program Emotional Welfare of the Fundació Barça. Xavi already had collaborated previously with the Fundació in diverse activities.

"I seat me very helping to the people. We can change the life of a lot of people, the football is a spectacular tool to change the dynamics and think that we are in the place, in the club and in the suitable moment to change the life of a lot of people. Have this luck and this privilege", argued the Barcelona trainer during the private event organised by the directive.

Laporta Recognised the importance of Xavi for the Fundació Barça

The míster was accompanied by the president Joan Laporta and the director of the Fundació FC Barcelona, Marta Segu Estruch. When doing official the nomination, the Barcelona mandator ensured that "Xavi interprets and explains the values of the Barça. It understands perfectly the sense of the 'Més that a club' and knows the transcendence that has defend the shield of the Barça inside and out of the terrains of game and, besides, has this social commitment and this implication with all these humanitarian causes that develop with the actions and programs of the Fundació.

The nomination of Xavi had been filtered does days in the program of Catalonia Ràdio, 'Barça Reservat', a decision understood like a 'mimo' to the egarense by part of the Barcelona directive in his eagerness to convince him to continue at the head of the first team. To these heights, the Barça sees the continuity of the of Terrassa like the best bet to short and average term, although the trainer follows firm regarding his intention to leave in June.

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