The first months of Xavi Hernandez at the head of FC Barcelona are difficult. The results obtained by the Catalan coach are not fundamentally better than those of Ronald Koeman, his predecessor, and even if there is a little better in the game, we are still far from the expectations raised by his arrival in November. And some choices are beginning to raise questions, such as his stubbornness with the locker room executives, who are still starters despite performances that are not always flamboyant.
And according to the daily Sport, the legendary former midfielder of the Catalan club has a list of six players he does not count on, while his team will challenge Alavés in a few minutes (9 p.m., 22nd day of La Liga). First of all Neto, announced on the departure for some time already. He is not even a Cup holder, which is considered a clear message from the Barcelona coach.
Like his predecessors, Xavi does not count on Puig
Alejandro Baldé, the young left-back of La Masia, does not convince the coach and everything indicates that he will leave, at least in the form of a loan. Xavi even prefers to line up players playing in another position than to use him as Jordi Alba’s understudy. As for Clément Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti, the two Frenchmen are considered largely dispensable by the former midfielder.
Riqui Puig as well as Oscar Mingueza are also out of Xavi’s plans for the team, and are both told to find a new destination. The defender would also be quite close to Valencia CF. Note that Ousmane Dembélé is not on the Catalan media list. Suffice to say that the end of the transfer window will still be animated …
