Xavi Hernandez reveals he tried to re-sign Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior as Barcelona manager
Xavi Hernandez reveals he tried to re-sign Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior as Barcelona manager Over the last few months, Xavi Hernandez has started to lift the lid on his two-year spell as head coach of Barcelona. The 46-year-old steadied the ship upon arriving in November 2021, although his exit in the summer of 2024 generated a lot of reaction, especially from himself. The matter was discussed during Xavi’s interview with Brazilian football icon Romario.
As per MD , he spoke with pride on his managerial spell, while also admitting that being head coach was much more difficult than being a player at Barcelona. “I’m very proud, the club was in the worst moment in its history. We managed to get the team to compete and won two titles.
We left a legacy of young players who are now the backbone of this team. “Managing was much more difficult than playing. I felt that I was going to continue, so we agreed with Laporta, but there was a personal issue with a person at the club who didn’t let us continue.
We laid a good foundation that now Flick, with his good work, takes advantage of. I demanded a lot from Laporta when I joined, after winning the league my demand dropped and that can’t happen to me again. My first message was that I was there to help them, not because of my ego.
” Xavi: I tried to sign Messi, Neymar and Pedro Xavi has previously claimed that he tried to push Barcelona to re-sign Lionel Messi in the summer of 2023 when his Paris Saint-Germain, and he’s now admitted that he also wanted to bring in two more former teammates in Neymar Junior and Pedro Rodriguez. “I managed to bring back Dani Alves and I tried to bring back Neymar, Pedro and Messi when I was coach. Pedro and Neymar could not be brought back because of the economic situation and Messi because Laporta did not want to.