Masip Opens Up About Xavi’s Controversial Exit

Enric Masip, advisor and a detailed good friend of Barcelona president Joan Laporta, has opened up about Xavi’s controversial departure from the membership on the finish of the 2023-24 season. Masip stated he was by no means in favor of Xavi persevering with past the 2023-24 season.

Xavi Controversially Left Barcelona After the 2023-24 Season

Barcelona legend Xavi took cost of the membership in November 2021, changing Ronald Koeman on the helm. The 2021-22 season was underwhelming for the Blaugrana as they got here up brief each within the Champions League and the La Liga title. The next season, Barca received La Liga, beating Actual Madrid to the punch.

The 2023-24 marketing campaign, as soon as once more, proved to be a catastrophe, as Barca went trophyless. In January, following a 5-3 defeat to Villarreal, Xavi determined to step down from his position as supervisor. Nevertheless, the resignation didn’t stick, as each the supervisor and the membership expressed their need to work collectively for yet one more season.

The scenario turned on its head as soon as extra towards the top of the marketing campaign after Xavi claimed that Barca would wrestle to win something with out vital adjustments to the squad. His feedback didn’t sit nicely with Laporta and Co., they usually selected to sack the supervisor after the top of the season, ultimately changing him with Hansi Flick.

Enric Masip Opens Up About Xavi’s Exit

Shedding mild on Xavi’s exit, Masip instructed the media (by way of Barca Common):

“It’s not straightforward to evaluate how he left. He made the choice [to leave] in January after the match towards Villarreal, then he needed to proceed and Laporta let him proceed. 

“With one other, I wouldn’t have consented to it. I at all times thought that wouldn’t work. I suggested him to not proceed as a result of I assumed he had missed the workforce prepare and it is vitally troublesome to get better it.”

He concluded by including:

“I talked to Xavi later, I went to face and gave him my opinion as a former skilled athlete. However I’m a membership man and if I used to be decided, then everybody must develop collectively.”

Xavi, who received two Trebles with Barcelona as a participant, oversaw 143 matches, taking them to 91 wins, 23 attracts, and 29 defeats.