Xavi Hernández desveló in a recent interview with 'LaLiga Golazos', with what four footballers had liked him play before giving the jump to the benches. The current Barcelona trainer, that forms part of Kings of the World, spoke of Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad - Chile), Rafa Márquez (FC Barcelona - Mexico), Diego Forlán (Athletic of Madrid-Uruguay) and James Rodríguez (Real Madrid CF - Colombia), midfield player with which had liked him share changing room.
The initiative Kings of the World will offer to the collectors of 'LaLiga Golazos' the opportunity to add to his collection Moments of iconic players of LaLiga that have stood out in previous editions of the tournament of national selections more important of the world, including to the own Xavi, as well as to Luka Modric (Real Madrid CF - Croatia) or Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona - Brazil).
The list also includes to the footballers David Villa (Valencia CF - Spain), Iker Boxes (Real Madrid CF - Spain), Robert Pirès (Villarreal CF - France), Ivan Rakitic (Seville CF - Croatia), Guillermo Ochoa (Málaga CF - Mexico). The leading Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona - France) or Ronaldo Nazário (Real Madrid CF- Brazil) also appear between the elected.
Xavi, now technician of the Barça, undid in praises to James Rodríguez, midfield player that played several seasons in the Madrid. "Always it showed quality and talent to mark differences" in the field and stood out his capacity to mark "some golazos tremendos from short distance or long distance thanks to his left-handed privileged" and regretted because "it played in the Madrid and no in the FC Barcelona".
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On Claudio Bravo, with which coincided in the Barça during a season (2014-15), Xavi signalled that "personally, gave me a lot of security" and added that it was "a goalkeeper very sobrio, with the fantastic feet". Regarding his fellow and also mate in the Barça, Rafa Márquez, that now directs the Barcelona subsidiary, Xavi explained that "it would put it in the Marketplace very up, very high" given his capacity to "give you a pass to the (Ronald) Koeman or compete as (Sergio) Bouquets", stood out.
Another to the that Xavi elogió was to Diego Forlán, against which played while the Uruguayan was a member of the Villarreal and the Athletic of Madrid. "I always have wanted it fichar for the Barça" when being a player that in addition to having a winning mentality, "has dominated in all the registers: right, left, head, speed and talent... A crack world-wide", underlined.