Is there a problem between Xavi Hernández and Pep Guardiola?
Última modificación March 19, 2024 by Drafting Fesp
Xavi Hernandez He has been living a real roller coaster since he arrived on the bench. FC Barcelona. However, This situation is not new for him., since when he was a player for the culé team he also went through moments of all kinds. Some especially hard. The motives? Very simple, the eternal comparison between him and Pep Guardiola.
What happens between Xavi and Guardiola?
When Xavi arrived at Barça, many saw in him the heir of a Guardiola which had been the command center of the mythical Dream Team de Johan Cruyff. But nevertheless, the team he led at that time Louis van Gaal It had little or nothing to do with the one he trained in his day Johan. This caused many of the young people to receive criticism., including a Xavi Hernandez that he felt seriously pressured by all those journalists who had a very close relationship with Guardiola.
So much so that David Sanchez, journalist from Diario Marca, recently told El Partidazo on Cadena COPE that in those years Xavi He seriously considered the possibility of going to Milan to escape all those criticisms.
History seems to repeat itself again
Finally, Xavi would end up surpassing Guardiola as a footballer. There is little doubt about that.. It's more, Both lived through the most glorious era of the Catalan club, acting as coach and player.. Later, everything was mutual praise and his own Xavi Hernandez He did not hesitate to acquire all the learning that it gave him. Guardiola to shape his figure as a coach and aspire to what he was looking for: be coach of Barça.
Xavi He ended up achieving his goal and sat on the bench of the Barça first team, although history has repeated itself.
The one from Terrassa has already warned on more than one occasion that the 'famous surroundings of Barça’ creates a bad environment on many occasions. When Xavi refers to this, points directly to the press, to whom he has launched taunts on more than one occasion and there is a rumor that he continues to hold a certain grudge against all those journalists related to Guardiola.
But it should be noted that Pep He is not very happy with either Xavi, since since he became the first coach of the FC Barcelona, his fixation on reinforcing his squad with players from Manchester City It is obvious. Beyond Ferran Torres, Gündogan O I cancel, Xavi has always shown a special interest in Bernardo Silva, who is known to have called personally to explain his project. Things like that have not been liked at all Guardiola.
