Barcelona in Qatar for Xavi
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Barcelona officials flew to Qatar in order to sign Xavi as the new club's head coach.
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Xavi Hernandez
Media reports indicated Wednesday that Barcelona officials flew to Qatar to sign Xavi Hernandez, former Barcelona midfielder and current Al-Sadd Head Coach.
Barcelona officials Rafa Yuste and Mateu Alemany traveled to Doha to try to negotiate Xavi's release from Al Sadd and met with the former Barcelona midfielder's agents in Qatar on Wednesday, Sky Sports reported.
Barcelona President Joan Laporta, however, was not among the delegation heading to Qatar.
Barcelona are set to complete the agreement with Xavi and Al-Sadd, confirmed. It’s matter of time.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 3, 2021
Meeting ongoing as revealed by @EduPolo on Mundo Deportivo with exclusive pic. 📸 #FCB
Here’s Alemany with Yuste and Xavi agents in the stadium where Al-Sadd are prepared to play. pic.twitter.com/5kh5SDAWuC
Al-Sadd expressed their unwillingness to let go of Xavi. "We cannot have him leave at this sensitive time of the season," Al-Sadd CEO Turki Al-Ali said.
The Catalan club is looking to replace Ronald Koeman, who was sacked last week following a poor start to the campaign, having appointed Sergi Barjuan as interim coach.
