Xavi Hernández has broken his silence for the first time since leaving Barça. "I want to tell my truth. I decided not to make any statements after leaving the club out of respect for Barça," the Terrassa native said in an interview. The VanguardThe former Barcelona coach has explained his version of events after being dismissed. "I'm out because I stood up to Alejandro Echevarría. That's how this Barça works; it's practically run by Alejandro Echevarría, who went around talking to players like Sergi Roberto, Araujo, Pedri, and Raphinha and told them I wanted to sell them." The Terrassa native explained that after announcing his departure at the end of the season, the board tried to convince him to stay, although he had doubts. After Barça's elimination against PSG in the Champions League, Echevarría—Laporta's right-hand man—told Xavi that most of the directors weren't sure about him continuing. However, according to Xavi, at a dinner at Laporta's house, she convinced him to stay. "I only asked for one change in the squad; we were only letting go of one player, not ten."

The Barça dressing room will change its official spokespersons next season. The club has relocated its two communications managers to the day-to-day operations of the men's first team.staff Hansi Flick's new role will now take on new responsibilities within the club. In recent months, they had lost ground in the day-to-day work and in the social spaces with the players and coaches. Nogueras will move on to tasks associated with the corporate side of the club, while Guarte will work with the women's team, which has been professional for several years.

"Jan sometimes falls in love someone, he begins to trust blindly and does not listen to the warnings of others," a person close to the Barça president explains to ARA. "That is what is happening to him in this second term with Enric Masip [deputy to the presidency]," he adds. The name of the former handball player He joined that of Alejandro Echevarría, his shadow advisor. Blind trust, in this case, stems from the first term, when the president's former brother-in-law resigned as a director due to his membership in the Francisco Franco Foundation. "Echevarría is the person who is helping Jan the most now. He gives him very good advice, he does him good. And most importantly: Jan listens to him," the same source assures.