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Xavi Hernández, crestfallen during a Barça training session

THE PLAYERS, ANNOYED, WOULD HAVE CONFESSED IT TO XAVI

Barça would have leaked Xavi's 'black list' to erode his relationship with the locker room

Published:28/05/2024 - 23:58h

Updated:29/05/2024 - 06:34h

'Catalunya Ràdio' has leaked what could be Xavi Hernández's last clash with the FC Barcelona squad. According to the Catalan station, the locker room would have found out about the Egarense's casualty list before Barça-Rayo

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Xavi Hernández had in mind an authentic revolution in the staff of the FC Barcelona this summer. Diverse means have confirmed the one who would be the 'smart black' of the egarense for the 2024/25, information that also would have filtered to the just changing room before the last duel in Montjuïc of the season, in front of the Ray Vallecano. In accordance with the information shared in the program 'Tot Coast' of 'Catalonia Ràdio', the technician had to give explanations to the distinguished players like possible descartes just before the duel of the day 37 of LaLiga.

In this sense, the list of drops included to several referents of the staff, with the aim to do box and free sufficient mass salarial to be able to reinforce in summer. The míster of Terrassa would have given his seen well to the directive after pactar his continuity, but afterwards notified to Deco of several necessary movements to go back to build an able team to litigate by all the titles. For the ex trainer culé, the priority aimed to add, at least, three reinforcements 'top', between them a pivote, an extreme and a right side.

Araújo, Of Jong and Lewandowski, between the heavy weights descartados by Xavi

Part of the 'smart black' that arrived to hearings of the changing room included to Ronald Araújo, Frenkie of Jong and Robert Lewandowski. The 'charrúa', main signalled after the elimination in Champions in front of the PSG, remained without playing in the final stretch of League by presumptive physical problems, something that fed the rumours on his exit. With 'Lewy', by his part, his continuous exits to fault of 15-20 minutes in the last parties also evidenciaron tensions with the trainer.

In the case of Frenkie, the Dutch was one of the best of the team in the 23/24 while it was healthy, but so much the technical body like the directive thought that, thanks to his value of market and high index card, his traspaso could be even more beneficial for the club that his continuity. Other distinguished referents were Ílkay Gündogan, Pedri, Raphinha and Ferran Torres, as long as it arrived a good offer to sell them. Between the descartes, in addition to the already known (Marcos Alonso, Oriol Romeu and Vitor Roque), also would be the Joaos.

The changing room there would be confrontado to Xavi by his 'smart black'

In the previous of the Barça-Ray, the distinguished players in the presumptive 'smart black' tackled to Xavi in search of explanations and, as 'Catalonia Ràdio', the one of Terrassa left them clear that, in case that the club had intentions to leave them go, he would be the first in informing them, as it did in his moment with referents like Jordi Alba and Gerard Hammered, by which invited them to do case omiso to the rumours filtered by the press. The egarense, this yes, also was honest on the Barcelona financial actuality, opening the door to any beneficial operation for the club, although always previous conversation with each footballer. Days later, the directive did official the exit of the technician, the one who will not have an official act of farewell.