Luis Enrique, to Xavi: "If I do not put you, you do not touch me the balls"

In one of his last articles, the journalist Luis Martín has explained how Luis Enrique and the directive of the FC Barcelona finished convincing to Xavi Hernández that it remained a season more in the Barcelona team to continue giving lessons of good game, to his 34 years, in spite of not having already the physical resistance of antaño. Josep Maria Bartomeu and Andoni Zubizarreta would have been the first in speaking with the footballer when this informed of his intention to finalise his sportive career in the league of Qatar or the MLS, two very distinct competitions and at all competitive in which it had of offers multimillionaires. 

The one of Terrassa recapacitó after being relegado to the bench during the decisive parties of the last stretch of season of the FC Barcelona and also in the elimination of Spain of the World-wide 2014 in front of Chile, until the point to assimilate that if it remained in the Barça would be, in addition to to second to the team technically and continue organising the game culé, also to support to his mates from the bench and erigirse like captain inside and out of the changing room, in a similar figure to the one of Carles Puyol during the two last seasons.

To the egarense would not have finished to convince him the easy money of Qatar neither neither the fact to have to expect until the month of March to start with the MLS with the New York City. By this reason, and to the not finding abroad at all better that what already has and always will have in Barcelona, decided to remain. Another factor of importance were the talks been supported by Luis Enrique, in which the Asturian left him the totally opened door to continue in spite of marking terrain from the beginning. "If you remain you, for me perfect; but if I do not put you, you do not touch me the balls", would have warned him ironically the Asturian.

And it is that if something well has Luis Enrique is that it gives him the same which was the name of the one who has in front. With Rafinha, Sergi Roberto, Iniesta and Rakitic, the one of Terrassa will have this course more competition that does a polish with Deco in the staff. Therefore, it is well leave clear the things from good principle so that around the middle of season do not have expensive long neither distortions in the changing room culé. "You go you, we never will throw you", ensures Luis Martín that they said him to Xavi when it informed that it wanted to leave. At the end, luckily, it closed the case and went back to leave it in the cupboard.


Carlos Domínguez
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