Should Barcelona ask Xavi to remain as manager? | ESPN FC Extra Time 

Clearly you don't watch barca.

The "Horrid" financial conditions falls on Tebas. It's impossible for a team that is in Quarterfinals and it is top 4 in reveneues to be able to spend less money that West Brom. Xavi is doing all this while having an squad full of injury prone players and also having all the media against him. He also has no CDM and will play the second leg without one.

@@insideinside9450 You dont watch football then

No team that has Lewandowski as its striker has unrealistic expectations

@@CristianmirabalWuno no no. (Btw I do watch football.) Our financial situation is down to Bartomeu not La liga/Tebas. La liga has disingenuously tried to 'help' us financially. And I say disingenuously because of deals like CVC which they tried to push in our faces. The issue with la liga is that their stupid ffp rules which dictates how revenue should be generated, what revenue are to be put on books, how revenue should be spent etc. That firstly does not good for la liga and it also hurts barca, betis, granada and other clubs like maybe Sevilla. Not only that but i kinda think Tebas bends the rule for Perez. Why do I say that? Well you may know that barca is the best club in Europe (folowed by united) as it relates to income through matchday revenue, shirt sales etc. It think madrid are 3rd or 4th as it relates to that. What you may also recall in that during the period January 2018 -December 2023 Barcelona had genrated more income than madrid ( and also spent all of it) and madrid spent over 90 mil on hazard, and around 20-30 mill on Rodrygo. Signed Bellingham with an hefty amount and are still allowed as far as la liga can see to afford mbappe and his wages of 1.1 mill every week. You may say they have not done much spendi g but when you take a look at their wage bill it is kinda crazy imo. It is not that far from barca's wage bill but it is still excessive and i would not supposed madrid has got that money. Hence i think la liga favours madrid as it relates to bending ffp but not other clubs like barca who these days have drastically improved from what our finances was about 3 years/4 years ago. It is then a message i preach again. La Liga need to losen their ffp restrictions.

Simeone is mad😂

You don't have to win both games, you could actually draw both games and advance. The difference is that home teams aren't so much afraid to concede at home.

@@ivansestanovic9108 yes but with that draw you still had an advantage because you scored a goal unless it's a 0-0 but the away goal was the advantage. Now if you draw and score 10 goals each in the first leg , it's all even for the second leg. No advantage

I mean you technically still can park the bus, barca could go for one goal next game and decide to park the rest of the game but that won't happen

hahahah i love seeing barka fan celebrating early just to get eliminated like they always do

I don’t get what people expect. They act like they still have prime Messi and the team sucks. They just won the league. Regardless Xavi clearly doesn’t want to be there

Interesting point!

No. We have finally found a good cb partnership with cubarsi as ball playing and araujo as the aggressor. For cdm, we have christensen. I think these three should continue it the way it is. Since christensen is good at distributing the ball while cubarsi is better under pressure giving out long passes. Christensen fits cdm, cubarsi fits ball playing cb.

Or... Barça sign Zubimendi & the rest is football

If Faye breaks into the Team that might just happen.

No way, barca always won the ucl when a ball playing cb and an aggressive cb are paired...cubarsi didn't need to switch.....we have other plans for dm....marc bernal will be in the first team in 2 yrs.

Relax

Not yet, in time he will.

​@@Jorge-oo2ihthat relax sound like a Trinidadian 🇹🇹

I dont want him in my club.

Pep is a decade ahead of xavi. Maybe Pep could return to Barcelona.

Its not because xavi announce he was leaving that has barca playing better . The problem is that xavi was to one dimensional. Just pass pass pass and all the players in attack was stagnant . Have you realized recently how the ball is playing over the top and raphinha is running onto it ? Xavi was not making changes to the way we play and became to predictable .

@@curtischarles5299 oh for sure the tactics have definitely changed, probably has a lot to do with Cubarsi and Yamal playing more regularly, we have a proper system now

@@curtischarles5299he needed time to develop

@@brightasomani3510 let's be honest xavi is here almost 3yrs . That's a lot of time .most coaches dont get that . And this team is not a bad team .he has a way better team than koeman had . This team has to much potential to be playing that bad for a long time this season . Remember, we won la liga winning a bunch of games 1-0 and played really boring football . We were lucky that Madrid was not doing well and Atletico was always bottling their chances to go top. Xavi really should have had thia team playing way better. I think he was being stubborn in his tactics and when he made the decision to leave ,he decided to gamble anyway .this is what has caused the changes .

@@curtischarles5299Barca played like that last season. Nothing new.

Don’t be insecure

Looked like he burped or sneezed

Dan corrected him earlier in the show because Craig said that “he was only 16”. I’m guessing Craig thought that this was Dan giving him a low key jab again for getting his age wrong earlier.

There is nothing to cut and crop. I believe the squad remains the same for the next season too

@@tsukishima123 Every manager has some players he doesn't like for whatever reasons... The point is why leave now when everything looks more or less settled... If a new manager comes he will have to start with zero again

psg were only on top the first 5 - 10 mins of each half, other than that they got dominated the rest of the game

You wish you could do what he does

agree tbh. yamal still very weak and slow physically, he shouldn't be playing this much. i think ferran would be better tbh. yamal should be coming off the bench with 20 mins left against tired defences

This is the first time he actually “struggled” and he was responsible for our first goal. Anyone who says yamal isn’t good is a casual

You sound like a casual

@@karimC35 depends on what you are judging him on. Is he good for a 16 year old? Absolutely, kid potential is off the roof. Is he a good Barca starting winger? Ehh 38 games and only 4 goals and 4 assists, not the level you expect out of a Barca side. Should have a more developed player in that role for him to learn from while getting minutes

In the past, if the second leg ended with the teams tied on aggregate, the team with more goals scored in the other team’s stadium would win. This was called the “away goal rule”. They got rid of that rule so now if the teams are tied after the second leg it just goes to extra time regardless of away goals.

@@firasalshami3787thank you 👌🏽

​@@firasalshami3787that's nice of you to explain bro 🙂 .. Like your helping attitude unlike others in YT

​@@arnabroy6721people in yhe yt comment section are unnecessarily hostile. They dump their life frustration on the internet.

When spurs made champions league final on the semi final they lost home game 1-0 and was 2-2 in second leg - so they were going out as 3-2 down on aggregate - they then scored in last minute so instead of that goal levelling the tie and extra time it was actually a winner as won by scoring 3 goals away while Ajax only scored one - both have advances and disadvantages - would often get a team just defending and drawing home leg 0-0 if they managed get a 1-1 draw away

Valverde goal was better that technique looks easy but is incredibly difficult

Foden might be Jesus

It's Raphinha for me. First touch finish and Pedri's pass was just the best pass of the UCL season.

Barca won, he needs to hide for the week.

​@@faizulanuar2474😂

yeah keep mocking fool u will see some good sh*t in the future if xavi have the chance to work like guardiola on man city

Yes good point xavi can do well if anyone comes it finished

Then you would've seen very cagey boring games with almost no goals....

City will beat Bayern

@@Firebolt1729 on paper yes

Boss if City beats Madrid they are winning the UCL and I am not a City fan too much quality their only real threat is Madrid

@@vihaankulkarni9109 Bayern have quality to beat city, arsenal also

😂😂😂😂 So not funny 🤣🤣😂😂

so what if hes missing a CDM? Arsenal and Real madrid are missing a strikers but look at them flying

@@XXBlueThanosXX the context between barca, madrid and arsenal is very very different, madrid has workd class players on every position and they have the most dynamic and deadly front three with toni kroos behind them and because madrid is a financially and administratively very stable and competent club so they afford expensive players like jude, thuoameni, camaviga , fede and all the stars and same with arsenal has spent a lot of money as well and gave arteta a lot of time for the process and out of the above thing xavi has nothing going for him , the club is not a good financial position you in the last window they have just spent 3.5 mil and just look at the signings of arsenal and madrid, xavi is legit playing teenagers half the time in league and he had to start two teenagers in a UCL knockout game as well , so my friend CONTEXT is very important.

@@dipenchavda6988 he had to start yamal bc felix isnt better so idk what u saying no money

@@XXBlueThanosXX barca is just paying 420k i guess in a year for felix.

Jurgen Klopp is a dream manager for us ngl

I would prefer flick if xavi doesnt stay

No chance of Barca winning the cl, no chance....

@@DRIVER-SEBVETsmall chance yes , but no chance is a dangerous statement.

Yep Barcelona can win the champions League quarter final.

liverpool owns that shitty varca

​@@XXBlueThanosXXatlanta pisses om YNWA

Horrendous shout

He beat Simeone 5 times in a row. He embarrassed Ancelotti 4-0 on Bernaleo. He outclassed Luis Enrique today. The only coach that is more world class would be Pep

@@Prasko131lost to relegation teams in la Liga , lost Copa de Rey. His experience is not enough for a club like Barca. We need solid Coach

​@@YNW_QIOk tell me which available coach could replace Xavi rn

@@Firebolt1729 Guardiola. Flick.

@@YNW_QI Guardiola is unlikely to leave Man City. Flick? He struggled with Germany while Julian Nagelsmann is doing great with basically the same squad. Flick has only proven himself with a super team at Bayern.