Press reports indicated that the meeting of Xavi Hernandez, coach of Al Sadd club, with the management of his team and the management of Barcelona, failed and ended without an agreement on the future of the Spanish coach.
Xavi is a strong candidate for the position of coach of the Catalan team, succeeding coach Ronald Koeman, who was sacked last week, following the loss to Rayo Vallecano.
The Barcelona management duo, Matthew Alemani, the team’s sporting director, is currently in Qatar, in addition to Rafa Yusti, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, to resolve the contract file with Xavi as soon as possible.
According to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Xavi met with representatives of Barcelona and Al Sadd, on Wednesday, regarding reaching an agreement on his future and reaching a solution that satisfies all parties, for Xavi to return to his old home at the earliest opportunity.
According to the report published by the Spanish newspaper, the meeting ended without any agreement being reached, and negotiations are expected to resume again on Thursday, in order to return Xavi to Camp Nou after six years.
The Barcelona administration is working to contract with Xavi as soon as possible, especially as the coach seeks to return to his old club and go through the experience of training the team, and for its part, the Al Sadd administration is sticking to its two-year contract with the Spanish coach, but at the same time they know that they cannot deprive Xavi of achieving his dream. Back to Barcelona.
Xavi has a penalty clause in his contract worth 5 million euros, but the Barcelona administration does not want to pay the amount in cash, and is working on settling and scheduling the amount, in addition to a friendly match played by the Catalan team in the Qatari capital, Doha.