How is Xavi now?

Since leaving Barcelona, ​​Xavi Hernandez has yet to find a new home.

Xavi is still unemployed.

The European football summer is in full swing, with clubs gathering to prepare for the new season. Almost all the big teams in the top five leagues - Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 - have already decided on their head coaches. However, amid the bustling transfer market, the name Xavi Hernandez has become... out of place.

Since leaving Barcelona, ​​Xavi has yet to accept any coaching job. Although he was mentioned in the candidate list of many famous clubs such as AC Milan, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen or Manchester United, in the end, they all chose other directions. For Xavi, the coaching bench in Europe is now gradually becoming a "narrow land".

It's not that there weren't any offers. But according to Spanish media, Xavi himself actively rejected the initial offers, because he only wanted to stick with a truly serious project - where he would be trusted and invested in long term, instead of becoming the first "victim" if the results were not as expected.

“The Premier League is my number one priority,” Xavi told The Athletic . “I’m not in a hurry, but I want a decent project. A place that says to me: ‘You have four years to work and build.’ I love the frenzy in England. In Spain, everything revolves around results, no one thinks about long-term development.”

However, Xavi’s hopes of working in the foggy land seem unlikely to come true. Premier League teams have all settled on new head coaches, and the possibility of a chair “popping up” in the early stages of the season is quite slim.

Meanwhile, the remaining options are not so attractive. Qatar - the place that once launched Xavi's coaching career - could be a return option. In addition, Saudi Arabia is also actively hunting for European strategists with huge salaries, and Xavi is certainly a name on the list.

400 days since leaving Barcelona, ​​Xavi has yet to return to the pitch. For someone who once declared that he wanted to build a football philosophy and leave a lasting mark, the journey to find the ideal destination for the former Spanish player still seems full of thorns.

Source: https://znews.vn/xavi-gio-ra-sao-post1567624.html