SIt will be a matter of days or hours, but Xavi’s separation from Al Sadd will be done. The Qatari bosses are absolutely predisposed to facilitate the departure of their coach and the negotiations, which have already started, are on the right track. “There will be no problem,” Qatari sources tell MARCA.
The relationship between Xavi and his superiors is excellent. Al Sadd cannot complain about the service that the Spanish has given him. Xavi has won four titles as a player and seven as a coach since his arrival in 2015. Last Tuesday he broke the record (34) of matches in a row without losing in the League, a historic record for the club, just seven (41) behind the absolute of the Qatari League, in the hands of Al Duhail (41 in 2018).
We already explained days ago right here that the Al Sadd-Xavi link, which ends in 2022 after being renewed in 2019, it is more than contractual. It is affective. It goes beyond existing clauses or not – departure to Barça for a million euros – and it does have more to do with the personal than with the professional.
In fact, this new contact between the three parties (coach and the two clubs) It could even cause a positive effect on the Barça club, eager to resume the relationship with a country, Qatar, which was a sponsor of the Catalan entity for many years, but whose tune, translated into financing, was cut off abruptly in the days of Bartomeu .
The former president of Can Barça and Qatar disunited after the Champions League final, won by Barça in 2015. Both had already signed a good sponsorship agreement for the shirt, but, after that final, Bartomeu wanted to claim more money by taking advantage of the triplet. And the Qataris didn’t swallow … and the relationship was ruined forever … until now. Then came the Japanese from Rakuten, etc.
Xavi could, therefore, serve as a link in a relationship that, well done, could bring new ways of financing to a club that needs it. A double objective would thus be fulfilled: Xavi would be where he wishes, Barça, although in Al Sadd he was fine; and Qatar would open up again to the Barça world, which had forgotten it after that of Bartomeu. All happy.
