Barcelona chiefs have had a meeting in Doha with former player Xavi to discuss becoming their new manager according to RAC1.
Sporting director Eric Abidal and CEO Oscar Grau met with the club's former player on Friday.
Xavi is the manager of Qatar outfit Al Sadd and the Catalan giants believe he is the man to replace under pressure Ernesto Valverde.
The Barcelona boss has admitted that talk about whether he will remain in charge at the Nou Camp is 'inevitable' after his side crashed out of the Spanish Super Cup to Atletico Madrid on Thursday.
The Catalan giants were on course to face rivals Real Madrid in the final of the competition at the weekend.
However two late goals from Atletico's Alvaro Morata and Angel Correra saw Diego Simeone's side seal a 3-2 victory.
Valverde, whose current contract at Barcelona is set to expire in June but there is reportedly the option to renew it for another year, is coming under increasing scrutiny.
The 55-year-old remains relaxed and has insisted that talk about his future is understandable.
Shacrawi
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Officially: Next Week Xavi is the Coach of Barcelona... Just Hope..
neocilorz
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Barcelona really needs matured coach because if Xavi comes no one will take a role to be benched and this team need young boys to prove themself , pique is totally a mess , griezman needs to attack but ball and pass attitude , buesq finished , need good defenders matured ones and great finisher , and someone like Neymar
SIRGAURAVZ
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I think bartemou is hell bent on destroying barca.. I will say arteta is much better RN than xavi... xavi needs 2-3 seasons for barca job... barto knows xavi will struggle but being an absolute legend means there wont be much noise
descarts
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Only Xavi is not efficient , he needs either iniesta or some one from la masia management as an assistant. Barca need academy players to come forward ... how can they be just loan out by ebidal? Messi has last 3 or 4 years max to atleast win same number of UCLs as Milan have . Now laliga is not imp for Barca's pride , they need to win UCL . I strongly think that they should not rely only on Neymar ... barca can go for Van de beek and Hakim ziyech . Lautaro Martinez have to come next year . And Dembele , Ansu need good coaching advisers to improve their performances. CB is not a big issue .
Gabby_Smith
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For all those who saying Xavi is not ready etc. Zidane was also ''not ready'' at the time. 3 years later he won 3 CL. Xavi has the personality, he is a legend at the club, the players will respect and listen to him and I think he has tactical knowledge also.
__kat02
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bringing xavi so quickly would ruin his image as a coach if anything goes wrong , plz let him first gain coaching experience first elsewhere then he can be brought to Barca
King_Keynan
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I like when all legends become managers.. Xavi➡Barcelona legend Lampard➡Chelsea legend Arteta➡Arsenal legend Ole➡Man Utd legend Zidane➡Real Madrid legend Flick➡Bayern Munich legend Gerrard➡Liverpool legend Pep➡((New Man City Legend)) 😂😂😂
raynknight
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Dont do that , Dont give us hope
HkGadhvi07
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Xavi need more time and experience to control Barca... He will surely come we knew it. but right know find someone else who has more experience