Talking in an interview with , former Villarreal and Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has claimed that Xavi Hernandez was handled unfairly by Barcelona.
Cazorla performed with Xavi for the Spanish nationwide workforce and was later even underneath his administration at Al Sadd in Qatar.
On Xavi’s change from participant to supervisor
The 40-year-old, at present taking part in for his boyhood membership Actual Oviedo, opened up on his previous interactions with Xavi and the way the Barcelona legend had initially no plans of entering into administration.
“Xavi as soon as advised me he hadn’t wished to be a coach, however when he did the course one thing woke inside him,” revealed Cazorla.
Xavi coached Cazorla at Al Sadd from the summer time of 2020 till November 2021, and the midfielder noticed how the transition from participant to educate had an impact on the Barcelona icon’s character.
“As a participant, Xavi was calm, reserved, and spoke in a low voice,” Cazorla mentioned. “In his first half-time chat as my coach, he was tremendous indignant, banging his fist, throwing bottles. I believed it was not the identical man I knew.
“He advised me later: ‘Santi, whenever you’re the coach, it’s all fully completely different. You’ll realise later if you wish to do it your self. You’ll want to vary, to have the ability to handle a gaggle of gamers.’”
On Xavi’s time at Barcelona
Speaking about Xavi’s stint at Barcelona, Cazorla defined how the previous midfielder took over the reins on the membership once they had been going via a tough interval and helped them problem for titles once more, whereas .
And all this, Cazorla feels, was not valued by the membership as they ended up sacking Xavi on the finish of the final season.
“I do know Xavi feels for Barcelona what I really feel for Oviedo,” Cazorla mentioned. “He took over in a low second, attributable to his love of the membership and wanting to assist.
“He put religion in younger gamers who in the present day are rising as world-class, like Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsi. He acquired them again difficult for trophies. However that was not valued,” he added.
Calling ‘unfair’, he added: “They had been unfair with him and he’s suffered rather a lot. I’ve spoken with him, he’s had a really laborious time.
The previous Arsenal star confirmed that Xavi will return to administration sooner or later, although, saying:
“He desires to relaxation now and spend time along with his household. However sooner or later, he’ll coach once more.”