Mercato – Barcelona: New twist for the arrival of Xavi! – The 10 Sport

Posted on November 5, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. by BC

While FC Barcelona has not yet formalized the arrival of Xavi due to his engagement with the Qatari club of Al-Sadd, a solution has been found to allow the former midfielder to return to Catalonia. .

This Friday noon, the file Xavi seemed to have ended. Al-Sadd announced that his trainer was going to leave his post in order to return to the FC Barcelona : ” The Al-Sadd administration agreed to transfer Xavi to Barcelona after paying the penalty clause stipulated in the contract. “ Nevertheless, the Barça quickly denied this information to the Catalan press. The Blaugrana would not intend to pay the 5M € necessary to release Xavi of his contract, enough to prolong this series a little more, even if the return of the Spaniard to the Barça seems inescapable.

A solution is found for the arrival of Xavi

Indeed, the arrival of Xavi is still relevant for the succession of Ronald Koeman, and according to AS, an agreement would be imminent. So the FC Barcelona would be willing to settle half of the release clause of Xavi, i.e. 2.5M €, while the principal concerned should pay the other half to allow him to join the Barça. A solution also mentioned by Mundo Deportivo, who adds that Xavi should recover these 2.5M € in the future by participating in several commercial operations as Ambassador of Qatar.