Xavi Hernández's last declaration of love to FC Barcelona

Xavi Hernández is one of the big protagonists of the actuality of the FC Barcelona, by several reasons. In addition to being playing the opportunity to win a title in this season, the egarense would be living the last months of his stage like trainer. It announced, to finals of January, his intention to abandon the club when it finish the season, although from the club are working to convince him that it remain .

In the middle of all the rumours on his future and the possibility that of course backwards to his decision to do the cases, Xavi has starred the first episode of 'The Album', the series of Barça One with which the club will review the path of all the Barcelona legends. It has had the opportunity to look to backwards and review all the experiences and moments in his long path like player. From the inferior categories until until the first team with a maximum always: His inagotable love by the shield.

The beginnings and the hardest stage of the Barça

Xavi has detailed how changed him the life when it arrived to the inferior categories of the Barça, where felt " in a cloud". It was giving step by step until 'fichar' by the first team, where found to Louis Go Gaal, to the one who considers like his "father futbolístico" because it was somebody that trusted to 200% in him: "Neither I same had this confidence", aimed. It lived the dream of all the youngsters that arrive to the quarry, but also lived moments complicated.

Xavi confessed that "the period, perhaps of the 2000, of the 2003, was very hard, very hard. By a culé like me, live that stage that did not compete in Europe, but is that we remained fourth or sixth in the League. Very difficult, very difficult. We did not have competitive team, did badly the things, very difficult", signalling the problems qu had the team in this moment: "I think that no fichó to footballers of first level, further that perhaps also did not be us this winning character somehow, but especially the sportive management was not adapted. And it occurs that after years of glory, penen somehow a bajón".

The Barça had an infinity of heights and basses. It cost them find the regularity and live of his philosophy, but the patience and consistency carried them to impose to the difficulties. And they went several years like this. Xavi had it quite complicated, by the break of the ligament crossed previous of the right knee in December of 2005 that left him out of fight and that forced him to lose , even, the final of the Champions Bequeath against the Arsenal. The most longed for of the Barça. "And unfortunately it is the year in that I lose it to me everything. You see that there is something distinct. The feeling to be was, to be losing it to me. It is a pity (...) It knew that it did not go to play the final".

The regularity, finally with Guardiola

When it returned of his injury, went a player determinant like few, but found the regularity and, of some way, the greatness, with Pep Guardiola in the benches: "The incorporation of Pep like trainer gives me a lot of confidence and thought that would arrive far. I consider that it is the best trainer of the world and represents the philosophy of game of the Barça". The joys llgaron little by little, highlighting the 2-6 in Santiago Bernabéeu and later the final of the Champions Leaguee against the Manchester United.

"It was the night dreamed for my", went the way to define this final for Xavi, in which it was chosen like the 'MVP' of a night in which they topped like winners of the triplete of League, Champions and Glass of Rey. " To individual level, have felt me very partícipe and have felt me very comfortable in the terrain of game", before defining the superiority that felt with the rest of rivals, especially in LaLiga, in this golden stage with Pep Guardiola in the bench: "we Were very supriores to the rival".

The Barça never will have to a Ferguson

But no all was always colour of rose. After three years in which the football was flawless, finish the stage of Pep in the club and with this came a lot of changes: "it Was difficult, I create, by Pep, also, to personal level. There were changes, also, in the club. We have played very well to football, but looks, unfortunately, did not accompany the results. I remember the defeat home with the Madrid, 1-2, that already meant to lose the League".

In this same line, highlighted the difficult that is to be to the control of the Barça and that there will be, by ejmplo, a Ferguson that last so many years in the charge: "Carry a lot of years in the charge is not easy. Already they begin to see the postures. Manage to a group is really complicated. And be trainer is difficult. Therefore I have been so many years in the Barça. When they say Ferguson of the Barça, I think that there will be Ferguson of the Barça".

With the stage 'post-Pep' were not too many the joys and also lived the more 'hard' with Tito Vilanova: "Have to train without the trainer, without the leader of the team. The greatness of this team did us a lot suffer to the end. And win these 100 points, that wanted Tito... This puts me the skin of hen because it goes further of the football". It did not improve with the 'Tata' Martino, with which, in his opinion, had bad luck: "we Arrive to final of Glass, that lost it, I create, of unfair form. When you finish to do the tie, then an ours error does that it Bleat does the 1-2, and memory a balloon to the stick of Neymar to the 90 and beak. Had misfortune this party. And then the League, that puts you in your face, and have it everything in your hands here in the Camp Nou, and the tie of the Godín does to lose the League. I think that a touch of fortune would have gone us very well".

The almost goodbye of Xavi and the triplete for his goodbye

Finally, it confessed that in 2014 it was near to leave to the Barça to begin the adventure in United States and Luis Enrique retained him in which it finish being the season of the triplete: "In 2014 had all done to go me to New York and spoke with the club, spoke with Luis Enrique, and said me, go me to help", confessing that "I promised him to Luis Enrique that it would be an example of captain, that would not bring any problem (...) I tried to be exemplary in the leadership like captain, playing, not playing. As with Luis Enrique began, at least in the 6 first months, were difficult. Until the month of January. I, like captain, attempt, then , of some way, tried to calm the waters, already split of then think that the team went only".

It left raising a Champions League and with his statement of love sincerer: "For me, the Barça is my life, is the the feeling that have here inside. I raise me and I think in the Barça, go to sleep and think in the Barça. I that am not too believer, think that my religion is the Barça".