La Liga giants Barcelona parted methods with coach Xavi Hernandez on Friday following a trophyless season for the Catalan membership.
Xavi is ready to guide the group in its last La Liga match in opposition to Sevilla on Sunday earlier than his departure.
“Barcelona president Joan Laporta has told Xavi Hernandez he will not continue as coach for the 2024-25 season,” mentioned Barcelona in an announcement.
The Barcelona legend introduced in January that he would step down after the season however as a result of strain from the board and the president, Laporta, he modified his thoughts in April deciding to run down his contract till 2025.
However, recently he had been reportedly dealing with dismissal after remarks on Barcelona’s monetary state of affairs and a scarcity of competitiveness within the squad that angered the membership’s management.
Former Bayern Munich and Germany coach Hansi Flick has emerged once more as a high candidate for the Barcelona job, in accordance with Spanish and worldwide news stories.
Flick, 59, was reportedly a candidate from the start.
He was recently linked with a return to Bayern and Chelsea however is claimed to have turned down the English facet as a result of Barcelona was his precedence.
El Mundo Deportivo reported that Flick has held talks with Barcelona sporting director Deco and that he’s their most popular candidate.
Flick grew to become Bayern Munich’s coach in autumn 2019, initially on an interim foundation, and led them to an astonishing seven titles, together with two Bundesliga titles, the German Cup, the German Super Cup, the Champions League, the European Super Cup, and the Club World Cup.
The run to the Champions League title included an 8-2 victory over Barcelona within the quarter-finals.
He succeeded Joachim Low as Germany’s coach in 2021, however that spell was not profitable as Germany was eradicated within the group stage of the 2022 World Cup.
Flick needed to go away final autumn after additional poor outcomes.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
