Xavi has thanked Barcelona fanatics for his or her help throughout a busy duration in command of the membership.
It was once showed on Friday that Xavi would no longer stay in price past this Sunday’s sport in opposition to Sevilla, next a confrontation with president Joan Laporta in the end undid the entire walk made when Xavi reversed his preliminary resolution to step ailing in April.
Moving to social media next the scoop was once introduced, Xavi penned an emotional letter to people who have stood via him since he returned to Barca in November 2021.
“Dear fans, my time on the Barca bench will end on Sunday,” he wrote on Instagram. “It’s never easy to leave the club of your life, but I do it very proudly, after two and a half years at the head of a dressing room that has been like a second family.
“I need to thank the help and affection of the fanatics, who’ve all the time been via my facet and feature all the time proven me the similar love as all through my year as a participant. From Sunday, I can be yet another culer within the stands, both now on the Olympic Stadium or in a couple of months at Camp Nou. As a result of sooner than I’m a participant or a tutor, I’m a Barcelona supporter and I handiest need the most efficient for the membership of my past, which is able to all the time have me at its disposal.
“I have worked with a group of fantastic players and with a spectacular staff. Thanks to all of them, we reached the goals set, culminating last year with a League and a Super Cup. This season things didn’t go as we wanted, but we put our heads together and helped grow a new generation of young footballers from La Masia who inspire all of us Barcelona fans.
“Many because of all. To the fanatics, the gamers, the body of workers, the membership staff, the president, the board of administrators, the carrying administrators, the media and everybody with whom I’ve shared the advance over those two and a part seasons.
“I wish the best to the club that I carry in my heart. Long live Barca.”
Barcelona wasted tiny year find a alternative, in the end placing a do business in with long-time goal Hansi Flick.
The previous Germany boss was once willing at the process when Xavi first deliberate on escape in January and, next confirming he nonetheless sought after to construct the go, a two-year agreement was once yes.