Xavi Leaves Barcelona In June

Xavi will step down as Barcelona head coach at the end of the season.

He announced the decision after Barcelona lost 5-3 at home to Villarreal, conceding twice in added time at the Nou Camp.

Xavi has announced that he will stop being Barcelona’s coach on June 30 because he thinks things need to change. Barcelona is 10 points behind Real Madrid in LaLiga, and Girona is ahead of them in second place with 52 points.

Xavi believes leaving will help the players feel more relaxed and benefit the club. He plans to give his best in the remaining four months.

“To explain a bit better, the feeling of being Bara coach is unpleasant, it’s cruel. You feel that often there is a lack of respect, you feel they do not value your work, and this wears you down terribly

It affects your mental health. I am a positive person but the energy goes down to a point where you think that there is no sense.”

Xavi added that he made the decision ‘several days ago,’ and although the hard defeat to Villarreal set the scene for him to announce the decision, he ‘would have made’ it soon enough.

He said he hoped this decision will decrease the stress and tension his team is enduring.