Former Barcelona supervisor Xavi Hernandez assured that he wouldn’t be taking a job this season in soccer after a taxing spell again on the membership the place he turned a legend on the pitch. Nonetheless that has not stopped various tales about potential locations rising.
Frenkie de Jong: “I am at 100%, and I’ve to show that I’ve to play.”
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) January 26, 2025
Earlier within the yr Manchester United reportedly contacted his camp to be able to see if he was curious about changing Erik ten Hag, and AS Roma had been additionally curious to see if he would take over from Daniele de Rossi. The newest name to return by way of is from Juventus, say L’Equipe, in a report picked up by Sport. Whereas there are not any plans for the Bianconeri to dismiss his former Barcelona teammate Thiago Motta, they’re sounding out potential choices available on the market.
The decision is described as making contact to be able to start casual conversations about his scenario and a potential future crossing of paths. Xavi in concept could be obtainable in the summertime, and Juventus are a great distance behind the place they anticipated to be beneath Motta, sitting seventeenth within the Champions League group section, and fifth in Serie A, 16 factors off leaders Napoli. Even when Juventus are usually not but planning to sack Motta, it might be no shock if they’re evaluating choices in case issues don’t enhance beneath the ex-Bologna coach. This data has since been contradicted by Matteo Moretto, saying that Juventus are usually not contemplating him as a future supervisor.
La Juventus no piensa en Xavi Hernández para el banquillo.
— Matteo Moretto (@MatteMoretto) January 27, 2025
Xavi spent simply over 2.5 years in cost at Barcelona, the place he received La Liga and the Spanish Supercup, in addition to bringing by way of the idea of the present staff, with the likes of Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsi receiving their first minutes beneath him. Barcelona did safe an unlikely title beneath Xavi, with wonderful defensive numbers too, however didn’t set the world alight with austere soccer, and a messy closing season on the membership, the place his emotional ties to the membership appeared to influence issues.