MOSCOW, January 28 Head coach of the Barcelona football club Xavi, who previously announced he would leave the club at the end of the season, said he would take a break following his departure from the team.
On Saturday, in the match of the 22nd round of the Spanish Championship, the Catalan club lost at home to Villarreal with a score of 3:5. At a press conference after the match, the specialist announced that he would leave the club on June 30. Barcelona is third in the standings and 10 points behind leaders Real Madrid.
«»After a while, this happened to every Barcelona coach. Eventually you leave because it's not worth continuing. I'll rest a little after this season. My family suffered a lot with me during this time. I I want to be with them,” insider Fabrizio Romano quotes Xavi as saying on social media season. Last season he led the Blaugrana to the La Liga title and the Spanish Super Cup.
Xavi is a graduate of Barcelona, played for the main team from 1998 to 2015. As a footballer, he became an eight-time Spanish champion with the Catalans, a three-time winner of the Spanish Cup, and a four-time winner of the Champions League.