Is Xavi’s position at Barcelona in danger? Laporta and his forceful response and the message to the players

In an interview with BarçaTV, Laporta valued the situation of the first azulgrana template after the last European setback and two days before the classic next Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu, where he said that the team that loses “will be hit”.

“I didn’t expect to be like this at this point in the season”he acknowledged in reference to the situation of the Barca in the Champions League, but urged the players to focus on LaLiga before the game on October 26 against Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou.

Nevertheless, the president of Barca maintains “confidence” in the team and in the coaching staff: “It is a team under construction and adjustments have to be made. Confidence is intact in Xavi and in the playerswhich are very good”.

In this sense, he insisted that the project led by the coach from Egar “will get better” and “will be very successful” with a view to the future.

And Laporta revealed a scene that he lived with Xavi after the match against Inter: “I usually go down to the locker room, I saw him sad, touched and hurt, and that affected me too. I saw him touched, but Xavi has a virtue that when there is a complicated situation it is immediately positive”.

For this reason, he was optimistic with a view to next Sunday’s game against real Madrid in which he expects the players to get up from the last European stumble.

“It’s one of those fun games to play, I’ve been lucky enough to play in big games in the Barca. It is a great opportunity for this team to vindicate itself”, he added. laportawho did not rule out reinforcements in the next winter market.

In the interview, he explained that his relationship with the captains, questioned after the last European meeting, “is good” and pointed out that he has “confidence” to talk “about everything” with them.

Lastly, the maximum president of Barcelona did not want to talk about a possible return of the Argentine Leo Messi, currently in the ranks of the Paris Saint-Germainof whom he did say that in the future the club will do “something to recognize the one who has been the best player in history” of the Barca.

“He is a PSG player and we would not do anyone any favors (talking about his possible return) and we have to respect it, “he concluded.

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