'Lets NAME NAMES!' Which Barcelona players turned on Xavi? | ESPN FC
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- On the Gab and Juls show today, Gab Marcotti demands to know which players in the Barcelona changing room turned on Xavi, after the the spaniard announced he was leaving at the end of the season.
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ESPN trying to support Xavi to remain at Barca after they destroyed him with every chance possible till now. I don't like the media industry and how they just bring hate all the time.
destroyed xavi? calm down on that below avg quality bro!
How did they destroy him? They just stating facts
ESPN, the channel that idolizes Guardiola and had predictions that they were gonna win two titles and were CL contenders? The one where the Spanish language channel has 5 publicly avowed Culers out of 8 presenters? 😅😂
@@himynameis294Espn only discussed Barcelona lost matches😢 so that’s not hate?
His chair is under more pressure than any manager.
yooo but it looks like Gab has actually lost some weight tbf
Yours would be too if you were of Italian descent.
Apparently the press conference was delayed because Xavi had an emergency meeting with La Porta, Deco & Co. Thats when Xavi made the decision and went straight to the press conference.
Wow, names. Did players turn on the legendary Xavi? I hear Lewandowski hosted a lunch party at his home following the announcement, and his was the first name Laurens mentioned. Has anyone noticed the gang sign that he shows during his goal celebrations. The mofo is dangerous.
Lewandowski is my G ....
Gang signs😂😂😂
@@RichD424 so sure why you are commenting when you are a nerdy virgin. with a silver spoon
What do you mean they don't have money for a good manager? This was the same stupid argument for the players as well, and guess what? Players choose Barca over money. I'm so sure there are lots of great managers that would take this Barca job in a second
That was with the illegal LEVERS which are basically future income if wasn’t money that they had on hand AKA if you ask for a advance at your job yea you HAVE MONEY but eventually you will also have less they can’t even fire him cause they’ll have to pay him for firing him 🤡😜🤡😜
Players didnt choose Barca over money lol and even if they did those are the same players are revolting now! Its not sustainable and no, good managers wont take "this" barca in a heartbeat! Even Arteta is scared to go there!
I think barca have money, problem is FFP. They cannot spend their money is more accurate.
250 millions spent under Xavi
@@ARIYBALL they did, look at Vitor Roque, Kounde, Rapinha, Gundogan just to name a few. Wheter you like it or not, even with all these problems, barca is still the benchmark of success for any footballer or coach. You can't go any higher than Barca or Real Madrid. Obviously Arteta wouldn't just throw his project at Arsenal, after years of hard work is finally starting to go well for them, i'm talking about Klopp, Tuchel or all these guys.
No1 meaningful in lockeroom wants Xavi to leave. Xavi just isnt having fun and doesnt want to hurt his legacy bc the players cant finish, and this year the top world backline cant defend.
Nonsense,when Gundogan said what he said,he spoke volumes,needed a fresh face to say it.
he should have said it to the players in private, not to the press. he threw everyone under the bus and acted he was not part of the problem.
Does Gab have money invested in Xavi futures or something? Jesus dude, calm down.
Yeah thinking the same thing
My thoughts exactly
Of course it’s ESPN it’s a Barca page 😜😂
You know you can bet on these kind of scenarios and what if he did?
Maybe he likes Xavi as a person. I do. He seems like a decent person. It would be a shame if the players turned on him. Xavi is synonymous with Barcelona. It's his club. No football person wanted to see Xavi fail at Barcelona or go out like this.
2:58 Cancelo’s contract does not end until 2027 either he will be bought or he will be back with City but regardless he has a contract and I understand his defensive woes but for him to be benched and then thrusted into a game they needed (Barca need all the games) and he makes a mistake HE IS RUSTY! What part of that don’t people understand?! Timing is a real thing, I just don’t believe Players like Cancelo, Felix, and Sancho are given a fair shake. You can’t benched them 8 games straight and then start them and be mad when they make a mistake. It’s your fault they are rusty practice is NOT like the game
He didn't bench cancelo he was injured dude, think before u type
Barca are a beggar that have no choice....
Xavi sacrificed alot to stay this long, and is letting go of more to leave (12m) so I just pity Barca cos they have lots of useless players on a wage they don't deserve unfortunately,
Cancelo plays all games, he got hurt before the Super Copa. It's probably other internal factors, like Deco and high expectations. Xavi asked for a high level DM and pure winger, Im not excusing him, he's also at fault on some of the decisions but he wasn't given depth to compete, we had let some crucial players leave at the start of the year too.
The answer on whom it is is extremely simple: Busquets and Roberto - both of them want to join Messi in Miami…..
If Xavi did anything to get on the bad side of Ter Stegen, whose been there through years of mess and been asked to perform miracles in goal, at times through injury, in a philosophy that has LONG cared more about defenders being good on the ball than actual defending, that's fireable in and of itself. Look at what has happened in Ter Stegen's absence. And another thing, Xavi has been given more grace than Koeman was, because the younger fanbase identifies more with Xavi than Koeman, because Koeman's time was when they were either very little or not born.
@gloriuseagle9215 The club had no money and even with Messi, they still went trophy-less and got destroyed 8-2 by Bayern, the year before Koeman arrived. And when Koeman was fired, he no longer had Messi, or Griezmann, or a striker, or any wingers, or Kounde or Christensen.
@gloriuseagle9215 Koeman didnt go to the europa league two times, koeman didnt have 18+ new players + 200m in support after messi left, xavi didnt beat the same teams koeman lost too the year he was replaced, Koeman didnt concede 23 goals in the last 5 games. Yall just bias and hypocrites
Xavi ball is literally "haram ball". Koeman ball was given mingueza, dest, lengelt, braithwaite, demir, with no money. xavi was given 18+ new players, 200m+ for 2 seasons in europa league, 1-0 wins, and 23 goals in 5 games. stop defending xavi out of emotions. him and koeman are legends that tired their best.@gloriuseagle9215
@gloriuseagle9215 Because we couldn’t play the way everyone wanted us to play. He tried to say it but no one wanted to listen. It was basically a mix of players way too old and way too young. Which is why the only players held over from when Koeman left were Pedri (Koeman chose over Puig), Gavi (Koeman chose over Puig), Araujo (The club didn’t rate him highly because he’s not good on the ball, but Koeman loved him), De Jong (Who the club tried to shove out) and Ter Stegen. Xavi brought in Ferran, Auba, Traore, Kessie, Christensen, Kounde, Cancelo, Gundogan, Lewandowski and Raphinha.
The biggest mystery surrounding Barcelona is why Araujo plays top division football in Spain much less plays for Barcelona.
Ikr?! Cubarsi too, people say he’s the next Puyol 😂
he was doing pretty well until those Bayern rumors came out lol
That first minute sounded like a beautiful fairytale, Gab. But he mentioned stress and family. Two key factors destroying the wishful tale
I seriously am pissed af at Lewandowski, Kounde and De jong. Lewa thinks he's Kane and tries to be him. De jong doesnt put enough effort and doesnt know how to defend. Kounde thinks he is big enough of a player to warrant a position to Xavi. Christensen is naive af and always seems to be tired. Balde doesnt know anything other than running with the ball. And Xavi employs his brother as an assistant. Its a fcking mess. Only Gavi and Yamal can keep their heads up(maybe gundo). And pedri needs to sort his injury problems
You are the only reasonable and factual commentator here, you just spoke my mind. This is the best summary of the situation at Barca on the internet. A true fan lol😢
Nobody needed to turn on Xavi, he didn't need a snake, he's just a terrible manager.
same terrible manager won laliga on a budget and brought a broken squad back to life
Cup your hands 🙌 💩
@@detlefpowel7903 oh please, he won the league against the aging Madrid side, and the quality of play wasn't impressive at all. And btw he got relegated to Europa League where he got knocked out by Man Utd. Decent manager, but Pep he is not.
@@footballpredictions-g2y Madrid side hasnt changed clown plus he was robbed in the match agianst inter if you evn cared to watch it. Why should every manager compare to pep?
Xavi style of play was impressive to alot of people so why should we care if you liked it or not
Who turned on Xavi? Well, the fans. You hear the whistles around the stadium.
But I don’t blame the fans. Even last year when he won the league title, the team didn’t look resilient. They lost in UCL and Europa team at any significant challenge.
This season, they still aren’t playing well and we don’t have the results either.
It is really hard watching Barca every week. The players are good, but they have been taught to be fearful. So many times, a forward makes a good first time pass and players just pass backwards or sideways. Because when they try a forward pass and it doesn’t work out, Xavi is on the sidelines complaining. He gets so annoyed when a player makes a small mistake. How does that encourage players? He’s that sort of coach that says “why can’t you be as good as me”. He was a great uniting force as a player but not as a coach.
This week, Klopp is leaving Liverpool, his players love him like a father. Hardly anyone loves Xavi.
Oh dear arguments 😔 guys please give us a break we've got at least 5 more months of this type of unhelpful speculation 😕
I don't get all this anger towards the players when it's pretty clear the squad building isn't consistent and Xavi himself didn't really prove to be some sort of genius. He won a league where every other team were begging them to go through and with playing conservative football half of the season and now they're pretty much exposed. They treat Xavi in this show as if he's somehow too good for the club. It's his first ever top flight job, c'mon
It's highly recommended and a MUST for the FC Barcelona management, coaching staff, people in FC Barcelona who are involved in the transfer-market to permanently sell, do not extend their contract, do not offer loan with buy back clause condition, recall or return players that came from another club that are currently on loan to play for FC Barcelona, including ageing (above 27 years old), inconsistent (limited playing time, unable to perform well), players that are not comfortable playing different position instead of their natural position, "ON OR BEFORE SUMMER OF JUNE 2027" including players who will turn 30 years old on that year namely Lewandowski (35), Alonso (33), Gundogan (33), Martinez (32), Romeu (32), Roberto (31), Ter Stegen (31), Cancelo (29), Lenglet (28), Christensen (27), Raphael Dias Belloli "Rapinha" (27), De Jong (26), Kounde (25), Felix (24), Garcia (23), Dest (23), Pedri (21), Balde (20), Riad (20), and Valle (19).
Araujo, Gavi, Lopez, Yamal, Roque would be the future captains until 2030. While Pedri loves to play in the future in the premiere league or under the coach Luis Enrique (Spain National Football Team, and Paris Saint Germain) possibility that he will leave FC Barcelona if no UEFA CL won on the next three years. Practical thing to do now by the management is to promote consistently FC Barcelona Academy players and sign cheap and quality wingers, strikers, defensive midfielders, left back, right back and rotational. Then pay for the debts for the meantime and acquire more assets on the next 3 to 5 years so we could comply on the Financial Fair Play for Champions League and, La Liga.
I don't see our beloved Club FC Barcelona winning the UEFA Champion's league for another 10 years. Knowing Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, FC Bayern Munchen, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Sporting, SL Benfica, PSG, Porto FC respective roster are getting stronger each year.
I ain't reading all of that
Sensible answer.
Could you imagine Mourinho at Barca? I know we're in the end-times, but how soon do you want WW3?!
he's quitting before he gets sacked to help save his reputation. has nothing to do with toxicity or players forcing him out. they're behind Girona in the league, out of the cup, and have no chance of going far in the Champions League. they're underperforming and Xavi is not doing a good enough job. look at what Xabi Alonso is doing with Leverkusen. you're going to tell me they have better players than Barcelona? nonsense.
In my opinion what he did to phenomenal players like lewa and kounde is the reason of his sack and he was , they just gave him the courtesy of leaving on his own not to forget that they went to Qatar and begged him to sign for the project , this Man is a master midfielder and thats it ,, he was never meant to be a coach
Forget Barca, who would take Xavi now? back to Qatar or Saudi? Dont forget barca fans compared this guy with a 3 peat champions league winner Zinedine Zidane 🤣😂
Maybe he can stay as assistant manager? He is inexperience, not incapable. After 3-4 years he might be best coach in the world.
@@dinbachok6424 he should start from segunda división
who turned on xavi? the players egos and their desperate search for a scape goat, bad players = bad results
I am a Real fan 😊 and I think it's rubbish to have players who just arrived at Barcelona the last 2-3 years complain over a manager. That would be like Camavinga or Bellingham whining about Zidane if he was still in charge. Xavi is a Barca man, he's barely been there 2 seasons. Give him time or find another club. Lewandowski's performances have nothing to do with Xavvi.
Xavi just realised, a doubt which I'm sure he already had when he first joined as coach, was the stone cold truth and that is there was nothing he could do to fix it.
I don't believe its the dressing room or the media although both can be annoying and do add pressure but if there are no realistic solution going forward especially with financial mess FC Barcelona are in then its going to become repetitive and you're going to be stuck.
Unless FC Barcelona turn things around in a quick and in a hurry it will be the same for any manager. IDK if this can be done but the current situation FC Barcelona are in calls for an immediate sale of the club by competent and realistic owners similar to Man City owners.
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Its nothing compare to valverde and koeman
He is wrong
Is Marcotti for real? Trying to guess “who turned” so he can badmouth them on camera?? This is pathetic
Barcelona is in a lot of trouble if they don’t win against osasuna on Wednesday
What a f--in circus
The tiktok dancer who groans and complains all the time is to blame
One of the jobs of a coach is to inspire the players to do their best. Not just try and enforce their ideologies on the players. Xavi has lost a lot of fan support too.
Lewandovski and Gündoğan, you know really winners wanted more from Brokelona and they couldn’t deliver it.
Ask Jose Mourinho about his last stint @ Chelsea and his “Three Rats” infestation.
Classic Partick Thistle top :)
Gab, chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil!
YESSSS GAB PLEASE CONVINCE HIM TO STAY !!!!!! Xavi quedate xavi quédate HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU TOOL
let's... jeez. espn's quality is trash.
Barcelona managers is always under pressure
But lets start with lewa n kounde
My bets on Frankie, lewa and kounde. 🤷🏾♂️
Lewa crys endlessly
I don't think Frankie was, he always give his best. Is Lewandoski for sure, along kounde which wouldn't stop crying about wanting to be fullback.
XavASS 😭😭😭
Bunch of nonsense 😂
NOW REMOVE BARCELONA THERE AND PUT ON MANCHESTER UNITED...THE FIRST NAME WOULD BE RASHFORD
First, Xavi said he wants to leave at the end of the season just to prevent Barca from sacking him before then. Second, Xavi is not a good manager, deal with it and stop defending him. Third, Gundogan and De Jong are one of the best performers for this team so to talk about them like that tells that you have not idea what’s going on. Lastly, as a Madrid Fan, i wish Xavi could stay as a manager of Barca forever 😂
Gundogan is miles away from being the best player in that team
Brain dead comment. The players gave up the games not Xavi. He absolutely annihilated Real last season. And he would’ve had copa del Rey if it weren’t for so many injuries
@@randalljr17 we’ll see what he does in his next jobs, if he gets any
@@ohreally8259 there are plenty of worse managers with jobs that had better squads and failed. You should be able to look some up easily
Why is the american dude doing a spanish accent??💀💀💀💀
He’s Italian, from the city of Milan.
😂😂
All espn care about is discussing all negative aspects surrounding the club yet they chose to ignore the issue of the bad refereeing in Laliga. What a shame 🤡🤡
I think xavi realized that most of the fanbase is against him, and so on
Why is the fan base against Xavi? The guy just won them La Liga last year.
@AlexeiRamotar Well, by ur question, I can tell u don't know anything about this fanbase and why coaching barca is one of the hardest jobs
Xavi to Liverpool plz.
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Bye Bye Xavi!!👋👋👋Don't let the door hit you on the way out!🤣🤣🤣
@gloriuseagle9215and we won la liga that season 🎉🎉🎉
then 4-0, 4-1 🤣🤣🤣
bro says nightmares 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
now xavi is your teams nightmares 🤣🤣🤣
@gloriuseagle9215 now you can put burner where it hurts after 4-0, 4-1 vs madrid🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣
even more with 5-3 against villareal 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
bro still think about that 4-0 🤣🤣🤣
@gloriuseagle9215 VARcelona fc 🤣🤣🤣
Negreiralona fan is in pain 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
VARcelona can't robbed due to bankruptcy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's why this downfall 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now cry Negreiralona clown 🤣🤣🤣