Xavi: “My chapter with Barça as a coach and player is OVER — I am never going back. A media campaign began against me. Alejandro dedicated himself to talking to footballers, such as Sergi Roberto, Araújo, Pedri, or Raphinha, and told them that I wanted to sell them off.”
“At the sushi dinner at his house, Laporta, who later did not tell the truth either, convinces me to continue, he tells me straight up:
‘Xavi, I don’t see the team without you, I don’t see the new Camp Nou without you, I don’t see the 125th anniversary of the club without you as a coach.’
Since I had motivation left and saw a great future in the team with the generation of young players that went up, I saw myself as capable. I only asked for a change in the squad.”
“It is a LIE what Laporta said about me — that I wanted to sell off 10 players, not true. In fact, there is a moment when Sergi Roberto, who is my friend and was captain, comes to me and says, ‘Xavi, do you really not want me to continue?’
“And I told him that it was the opposite, that they were killing me precisely for defending his renewal. And then he tells me that Mr. Alejandro is making several players think that” 
“What was a problem? A planning meeting was scheduled with all my staff, with Raúl Martínez and Julio Tous — the new physical trainers we had agreed with Alejandro and Deco, who would join…and that’s when Alejandro starts SCREAMING and saying that the physical preparation was a disaster.”
“I then interrupted him and told him that this was not the case. Some data shows that since 2003, there has not been a Barça that has run more than our current Barça.”
“We never lost because of a physical issue. It was a story they told without me as a coach. And one of those who contributed was Raúl Martínez, another close friend who bought the story from Alejandro to KICK me out.” 
“I asked Barcelona to sign Zubimendi, but they couldn’t due to economic reasons.”
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