Xavi Hernández will not sign for Barcelona, ​​after a strong statement from Al Sadd

Slam in the face for Barcelona. The sports vice president Rafael Yuste and the director of the football area Mateu Alemany traveled to Qatar to meet with the representation of Xavi Hernández. However, Al Sadd spoke in an official statement to announce that the coach will not leave the institution.

“The position of the club is clear from the beginning: we are committed to keeping our coach Xavi with us and we cannot allow him to leave at this delicate moment of the season.”said Turki Al-Ali, the CEO of the Qatari institution, through a post on social media.

Of course, the Asians were cordial at all times with the Catalans’ entourage, despite the intentions of taking DT. “Al Sadd welcomes the visit of the FC Barcelona delegation. We appreciate and respect the entire expedition “says another message shared on official channels.

The club’s communication was released after the positive meeting that Yuste and Alemany had with Arturo Canales and Fernando Solanas, Xavi Hernández’s agents. From Spain they indicated that there is a verbal agreement between both parties, but it is Al Sadd who is putting obstacles in the way of finalizing the operation.

In fact, one of the first conditions of the owners of Al Sadd was that President Joan Laporta himself be in charge of the negotiations in Qatar. The Catalan lawyer, also, had to attend to other matters in Spain and decided not to travel to Doha, but sent two emissaries to initiate the dialogues.

Xavi Hernández left Barcelona at the end of the 2014-15 season and joined Al Sadd, a club where he played four seasons and began his career as a coach. Since then he has already won a Qatar League and two Emir Cups. Right now, the team of the world champion disputes the ninth day of the local competition and seeks to stay at the top of the table.