Barcelona has sacked Xavi Hernández as head coach, just weeks after confirming his stay. Hansi Flick is set to replace him, with a verbal agreement in place. Flick, a long-time target for Barcelona, is now ready to take over as the new head coach, signing a two-year deal until 2026. Xavi will manage his last match with Barcelona on Sunday before departing, expressing gratitude to the fans for their support.
⚽ Sacked Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Saturday he was leaving the club with a "clear conscience". President Joan Laporta took the decision to remove him on Friday, after saying he was delighted Xavi was staying for the final year of his contract. https://t.co/1S8tzB8zc5 https://t.co/2eVepoShos
Xavi says he would like to return to Barcelona in the future, despite being sacked by the club on Friday. More from @polballus https://t.co/5vJGENe4qz
🎙️ Xavi: “From now on, I will be just another fan, and I will head with my family up to Montjuïc and to Spotify Camp Nou to support the team.” https://t.co/n39zV1H7jt
🎙️ Xavi: "It’s been a tough couple of days, but I am proud and happy. When you look back, it’s been a great learning experience. I am grateful to the Club for the opportunity." https://t.co/W9pd3VjBQk
🎙️ Xavi: "I enjoy working for Barça. I’m not going to close the door on being able to return, because it’s the Club of my life." https://t.co/E3kCDh5fwY
🚨 Xavi: “I’d love to return to Barça one day. Barcelona is the club of my life, I always said that”. “I’m not closing doors to Barça and to the possibility to return at the club one day”. https://t.co/cMQQrXXva7
🎙️ Xavi: "I’m a Club man, and from now on, I’ll be one more culer." https://t.co/mGNJZSdEz1
🔵🔴✋🏼 Xavi: “Will I give up on the remaining salary? I've answered this before and I always keep my word”. https://t.co/QcPx8nIxmz
🎙️ Xavi: "The experience has been spectacular. I am grateful to the Club for the opportunity." https://t.co/wYj0YWhdPa
🔵🔴 Xavi: “I respect the president’s decision to sack me, it’s him the one who decides. I will always be Barcelona fan and supporting the club”. https://t.co/X3aAeNoh6m
🔵🔴 Xavi: “Thank you, I'm fine. Of course they were difficult days, not easy days. But well, I’m here with a clear mind and I would like to say that I am proud of the two and a half years as coach. It was not easy”. https://t.co/ZBzDZN5qLt
Barcelona sack 'proud' coach Xavi after trophyless season https://t.co/CoAHoZUfN6
Barcelona sack Xavi with successor already chosen 👀 https://t.co/JNAoKkjpoc
Sushi and shame. Xavi sacked by Barcelona. https://t.co/Qct9hAgdAI
Barcelona sacked coach Xavi Hernandez on Friday after the Catalan giants failed to win a trophy this season but just weeks since he and club president Joan Laporta agreed he would stay in the post. | @Sport24news https://t.co/RWEme86U70
Xavi on managing his final Barcelona game: 'From Sunday I will be one more fan in the stands...before I was a player or a coach, I am a Barcelona fan and I only want the best for the club of my life' 💙❤️ https://t.co/ogebzVC5GO
🔵🔴💔 Xavi’s message to Barça fans. “Dear friends, Sunday my stage on the bench of Barça will end. It's never easy to leave the club of your life, but I'm very proud, after two and a half years at the head of a dressing room that has been like a second family” “I want to thank… https://t.co/Bd0Y4O7EOC
Xavi’s return to Barcelona as manager was supposed to be the dream scenario — a club legend coming back to lead the side like only he could. Instead, it turned into a nightmare of toxicity and turbulence that has finally ended in bad taste. ⬇️ @dermotmcorrigan
🎙️ Xavi: “Dear friends, Sunday my stage on the bench of Barça will end. It's never easy to leave the club of your life, but I'm very proud, after two and a half years at the head of a dressing room that has been like a second family” “I want to thank the fans for the support and… https://t.co/Pb9zAcsB8N
Barcelona fires club legend Xavi weeks after announcing coach would stay next season https://t.co/lWq3DbshsY
Barcelona have a verbal agreement with Hansi Flick for the German to take over as manager this summer, according to Florian Plettenberg 👔https://t.co/d0YPXFofGc
Hansi Flick set to become new Barcelona manager after Xavi sacked https://t.co/tWps0AeuM1
Barcelona have a verbal agreement with Hansi Flick for the German to take over as manager this summer, according to Florian Plettenberg 👔🤝 https://t.co/6E5fEuxf0b
Hansi Flick will be the new Barcelona coach, reports @FabrizioRomano 🇩🇪 https://t.co/uKPkRk1ev8
🚨 Hansi Flick is the new Barcelona head coach. It’s done - HERE WE GO! (Source: @FabrizioRomano / @Plettigoal ) https://t.co/ZYVi5Ki1q6
Barcelona manager Xavi is to leave the club following another dramatic U-turn at the Catalan giants https://t.co/XSeJSfvDZS.
🚨 OFFICIAL: Barcelona have sacked Xavi. 👋 Hansi Flick is set to become the new manager. 🆕 https://t.co/6t7OO0kwda
🚨 OFFICIAL: Barcelona have sacked Xavi. 👋 (Source: @FCBarcelona ) https://t.co/GuO8aYaJdi
🚨🔵🔴 Hansi Flick becomes new Barcelona head coach, confirmed and here we go! The agreement has been completed, worked and now approved by his agent Pini Zahavi on a two year deal. Contract until 2026. Understand Flick will bring two German assistants as part of his staff. https://t.co/p702Gu2nWT
🚨🔵🔴 Hansi Flick becomes new Barcelona head coach, confirmed and here we go! The agreement has been completed, worker and now approved by his agent Pini Zahavi on a two year deal. Contract until 2026. Understand Flick will bring two German assistants as part of his staff. https://t.co/gDt9WcnmTR
Barcelona plan to hire Hansi Flick as coach after telling Xavi his time is up https://t.co/DGoPMlx9CQ
Barcelona says coach Xavi Hernandez is leaving the club at the end of the season (via AP) https://t.co/29rPYurfY7
Barcelona sack coach Xavi after trophyless season https://t.co/Fspt7l34Gh
A source has told ESPN that former Bayern Munich and Germany head coach Hansi Flick is "on course" to replace Xavi Hernández at Barcelona. https://t.co/MBuSb7iWFj
Barcelona sack Xavi after trophyless season https://t.co/zn3IglGRUu
#Barcelona Head Coach #Xavi Sacked After Trophyless Campaign #Football #JoanLaporta #XaviHernandez #BarcelonaCoach #CatalanGiants https://t.co/MaGnL0Awt2
Barcelona SACK manager Xavi, just a month after he reversed his decision to quit at the end of the season - paving the way for Hansi Flick to take over the reins https://t.co/2Im3LWuFRU https://t.co/x7GR58Zrdq
Barcelona sack Xavi with Flick set to replace him https://t.co/o8SvDxYnf7
BREAKING: Barcelona have sacked Xavi as the club's head coach ❌ Joan Laporta has informed Xavi Hernández that he will not be continuing as first team coach in the 2024-25 season. https://t.co/WBSxGxuAC7
OFFICIAL: Xavi Hernández will leave his role as Barcelona coach after Sunday's final game of the season. https://t.co/Thk7wOnCn0
lol Barca BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says coach Xavi Hernandez is leaving the club at the end of the season.
Barcelona sack club legend Xavi and plan to name replacement in just days https://t.co/vE4YvKamgk https://t.co/1iORx3TP3f
Barcelona sack Xavi just weeks after Nou Camp legend reversed decision to quit https://t.co/0rQ4pxDwUQ
🔵🔴🇩🇪 Hansi Flick, just waiting for the formal documents and then set to sign in as new Barcelona head coach. He’s the man wanted by Joan Laporta to replace Xavi Hernández. https://t.co/hLDcujbI6J
January 27, 2024 - Xavi announces he will leave Barcelona April 25, 2024 - Barcelona confirm Xavi will stay as head coach May 24, 2024 - Barcelona sack Xavi https://t.co/cme1HxfnMo
Barcelona and Xavi are set to part ways a month after it was announced he would be staying on as head coach. More from @polballus ⬇️
Xavi has just been told he is sacked. Hansi Flick to replace him https://t.co/53y5tO31qY
Barcelona plan to hire Hansi Flick as head coach next week to replace Xavi https://t.co/58bIkn4LyX
🚨🔵🔴 BREAKING: Xavi has been sacked, also directly informed today by Barcelona president Joan Laporta. Hansi Flick, set to become new Barça head coach soon. 🇩🇪 https://t.co/srnzInY9JO
🔵🔴 Hansi Flick, just waiting for Barça to inform Xavi soon on their decision to part ways… and then ready to sign in as new head coach. He’s only wanted Barcelona for months, not even talking to PL clubs — now ready for his “dream job”. ↪️ Formal steps with Xavi to follow. https://t.co/waxzFmNZWZ
🚨 Xavi will manage his last match with Barcelona on Sunday. The Spanish club have informed Hansi Flick that he will be their coach. 👔 (Source: @Plettigoal) https://t.co/dj228FfHmB
🔵🔴🇩🇪 Hansi Flick, prepared to wait for Barça job as his priority has been clear for months even before Xavi was confirmed as their manager. The contract and financial agreement has never been an issue. Flick considers Barça a dream job, it depends on Laporta with Xavi now. https://t.co/8A2BR1BDig
🚨Talks between Barcelona and Hansi Flick over a 2-year contract are advanced. (Source: @ferrancorreas) https://t.co/s5uZWc7y3e
In January, Xavi said he had to walk away. Then Barcelona wanted him to stay. He changed his mind and just one month ago the club was celebrating. But incredibly there is now a very real possibility he could be sacked — at a key meeting next week. ⬇️ @polballus
▪️January: Xavi says he is leaving ▪️March: Laporta says he wants Xavi to reconsider ▪️April: Xavi changes his mind and club announce he’s staying ▪️Next week: Xavi might be sacked with compensation to pay What’s really going on & all scenarios 📝⤵️ https://t.co/fsVS2TFCHa
Breaking: Hansi Flick has emerged as one of the leading candidates to take over Barcelona if Xavi is sacked, sources told ESPN's @moillorens and @samuelmarsden. Rafa Marquez and Thomas Tuchel are also on the short-list. Roberto De Zerbi has also been linked. https://t.co/DLtdi3JiWm
Barcelona have reached a verbal agreement with Hansi Flick to become coach if Xavi departs, according to Sky Germany 👀🇪🇸 https://t.co/S4ObWDUMGx
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Barcelona have reached a verbal agreement with former Germany boss Hansi Flick to become head coach, should Xavi depart 😲 https://t.co/DRuhwdTUDJ
Hansi Flick reportedly has a verbal agreement with FC Barcelona, which would see him take over as manager if Xavi Hernández were to depart.👇 https://t.co/KiP0vh9rXg
🚨 There is a verbal agreement between Hansi Flick and Barcelona! 🤝 If Xavi leaves, the German coach is the big favorite to coach Barça next season. (Source: @Plettigoal ) https://t.co/ColY1wZfmj
🔵🔴 Barcelona are pushing in contacts with Hansi Flick, he's been waiting for Barça option as his favorite one for months. Flick, never in talks with Chelsea and fully focused on Barça option if Xavi will leave the club. He's the main option for president Laporta. https://t.co/dl3zptDUGF
🚨 Hansi Flick is pushing to join Barcelona! 🇩🇪 (Source: @FabrizioRomano ) https://t.co/Zz54afPc64
🚨 Hansi Flick has made his arrival at Barcelona his absolute PRIORITY! He has positioned himself to take over from Xavi. (Source: @mundodeportivo) https://t.co/S75lApSRle
🚨🔵🔴 Xavi's future, still being discussed internally at Barcelona with meeting between president Laporta and the manager expected to be crucial to decide on his future. Rafa Marquez and Hansi Flick remain both options on Barça list in case they decide to part ways with Xavi. https://t.co/6OjvIP4ffh