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With 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in 16 rounds of league games, Barcelona ranks fourth in La Liga with 34 points, and Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad are fifth and sixth.
In the Champions League, Catalan Club got a good signing, Group H against the Portuguese Super League giants Porto, the Ukrainian Super League giants Shakhtar Donetsk and the Belgian giants Antwerp, although they won 4 wins and 2 losses in 6 rounds and ranked first with 12 points, but for a giant team of Barcelona's level, it is not in line with the strength to win all the qualifications, Xavi's coaching ability has been pushed to the top again.
The league and the Champions League have held the bottom line, but the head coach has not led the team to play the content that can become a strong team, and at present, Barcelona still relies on the talent of the players to crush a chaotic battle, no matter how many times the value is higher than the opponent, it still gives people a shaky feeling.
In addition to the fans' dissatisfaction with Xavi, the club's top management is also at odds with him.
In the 2-3 Champions League group stage defeat to Antwerp in the latest round, Lewandowski, Gundogan and Araujo, who were not originally selected for the squad, returned to the team, and according to The Athletic, this happened because Laporta contacted Xavi and forcibly interfered with the manager's rotation tactics.
The change of the squad is like a thread that is constantly pulled out of Barcelona's internal problems, in fact, the top management has long been dissatisfied with Xavi, and the scandal of the young marshal's dismissal a month ago has been in a uproar.
At present, the Catalan club is in financial trouble, and the top management represented by Laporta needs the team to win as many games as possible, improve the league standings, get more broadcast income, and win the Champions League as much as possible, such as the aforementioned group stage against Antwerp, Laporta was expected to bring the club 2.8 million euros in prize money, but Barcelona lost.
The Athletic also claimed in the report that Laporta had given Xavi an ultimatum and would initiate a change of manager if the team did not make any changes at the start of the next round against Valencia.
Many people have doubts, even if Barcelona is short of money, it will not lack the 2.8 million euros, right?
The prize money of a UEFA match has a different meaning than a mere commercial income. According to the regulations, the bonus income obtained from UEFA competitions can be directly included in the FFP rules, which simply means that Barcelona can directly use the money to make accounts.
Xavi's defeat is reminiscent of his predecessor Koeman, and in fact Laporta's "micro-manipulation" of the first team has often happened during the Coman period, such as ordering him to change the 352 tactic to 433, and requiring Roberto to play, the Dutchman was actually quite wronged.
Barcelona now need utilitarian football to get through tough times, and Mourinho, who wanted to coach the red and blue in the early years, is a representative of this, and it may be appropriate to invite him to coach him with the remnants of the remaining players to lead Roma to the top four of Serie A and the Europa League.
In addition, Barcelona's candidates for the change of coach are also Algouasir, who coaches Real Sociedad, firstly, his salary is lower, and secondly, Real Sociedad is not only a top-four contender in the league this season, but also the first place to qualify for Inter Milan in the Champions League group stage.