Joan Laporta's last attempt to retain Xavi Pascual

BarcelonaThe meeting between Joan Laporta and Xavi Pascual has not served to change the plans of the Barça coach, who plans to pay his termination clause and sign for Dubai Basketball. The president of the blaugrana club has explained to the coach that he wants to restructure the section with changes that will affect the organization chart. After relocating Josep Cubells, the director responsible for basketball, the highest culer manager is considering reducing the prominence of Joan Carles Navarro, general manager, and his right-hand man, Mario Fernández.

Navarro, who Josep Maria Bartomeu signed a ten-year contract with, still has one more year agreed, but according to Catalunya Ràdio Laporta plans to replace him with a director who would join from outside the entity. Ibon Navarro, Vassilis Spanoulis and, according to L'Esportiu, Zeljko Obradovic are some of the names that Barça is considering in case Pascual's departure is confirmed.

After three consecutive appearances with Sarunas Jasikevicius as coach, Barça has accumulated three consecutive seasons without qualifying for the final four. Neither Roger Grimau, Joan Peñarroya, nor Xavi Pascual have managed to reach the semifinals of a final phase in which the Barça team was a regular.

The Catalan team has accumulated seventeen appearances in the final four thanks to Aíto García Reneses (6), Xavi Pascual (5), Sarunas Jasikevicius (3), Svetislav Pesic (1), Bozidar Maljkovic (1), and Dusko Ivanovic (1), but it has been sixteen years since they last won the Euroleague title. "We want Barça to be a regular in the final fourthat will break his contract due to the few guarantees he receives from the offices"The decision is made"

The budget cut and errors in the project's development have pushed Barça away from privileged European spots. The blaugrana team, which has suffered significant injuries, has ceased to be competitive, and the departure of Xavi Pascual, who will break his contract due to the few guarantees he receives from the offices, increases the doubts of a very concerned culer fanbase. Neither Rafa Yuste nor Enric Masip managed to convince the coach, and the last to try has been Joan Laporta. "The decision has been made," say those close to the coach. Dubai Basketball does not confirm Pascual's signing and assures that they will only speak about incorporations when the season ends, but recalls that both Panathinaikos and Happoel Tel Aviv are also interested in signing the Catalan coach.

Barça does not play again until Friday, when they will visit MoraBanc Andorra, who are looking to avoid relegation. "I am only focused on the team. If there is anything to say, we will talk about it at the end of the season. I cannot control the rumors that come out, many things are being said," explained Xavi Pascual after Sunday's game

. The coach from Gavà is very unhappy with Barça's unfulfilled promises, which had assured him the signing of a center and a reaction in case of serious injury.

The signings of Moses Wright, Josh Nebo, Olivier Nkamhoua, and Mike James did not serve to calm Pascual, who demanded more agility in decision-making. Despite the projected budget increase (from 28 to 37 million euros), negotiations to build next season's team have generated many doubts, as some players the coach considered key have already committed to other teams due to Barça's delays. Furthermore, the club does not see clearly the creation of the contingency fund that Pascual requested.