Former Barcelona star Gerard Pique has weighed in on who really should be successful Xavi as the Catalan club’s supervisor following season.
Following hanging up his boots in 2019, Xavi took the reins at Qatari side Al Sadd before returning to the Nou Camp when he was named Barca manager in 2021.
The 44-12 months-outdated claimed his initial silverware as the club’s supervisor final year, profitable La Liga with a ten-issue lead about next-placed Serious Madrid in spite of the club being plagued by monetary uncertainty.
This time has established to be considerably less productive for the Blaugrana even so, and in spite of his facet remaining in competition in Europe, in January Xavi announced he would depart the club at the close of the season.
Talking on who he thinks is the candidate ideal-suited to exchange his former teammate in the warm-seat, Pique named two existing Leading League professionals as potential frontrunners.
Gerard Pique weighed in on who will thrive Xavi as Barcelona boss at the conclusion of the period
Pique and Xavi liked various successes with each other as players, with the former hanging up his boots all through Xavi’s reign at the Catalan club
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‘To take care of Barca you want to be a precise variety of mentor and to recognize the way Barça participate in, so the solutions are substantially considerably less,’ Pique advised The Instances.
‘The apparent kinds are [Pep] Guardiola, since he had his earlier right here, and he is the finest coach appropriate now, and [Mikel] Arteta. He would be a good just one also. He understands Barcelona and played for Barca in the previous.’
After Xavi announced his upcoming departure, Spanish media claimed Arteta experienced explained to his backroom staff at the Emirates that he could choose the position.
Nonetheless, the Arsenal manager rebuffed the claims prior to the club’s clash with Nottingham Forest in January.
Pique observed that the ‘obvious’ alternatives for Barca are Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola
‘That’s completely bogus information. I really do not know the place it is coming from and it is entirely untrue. I am truly upset about it.
‘I could not consider it. It has no source. It has acquired almost nothing and I assume we have to be very careful when you talk about personal issues.’
