Xavi Hernández talked to the media in the press room at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha after overseeing his Al-Saad side victory over Al Rayyan in the semi-final of the Qatari Cup.
.@AlsaddSC beat @AlrayyanSC , to face @DuhailSC in #QatarCup2020 final
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The former player was coy in sharing any detail about the meeting after meeting FC Barcelona sports director Eric Abidal and club executive director Óscar Grau to negotiate a potential move to the Camp Nou bench.
“There is no offer from Barça, I met up with Eric Abidal as he is a friend of mine and as a mark of respect for Bracelona and Ernesto Valverde, there’s nothing I can say about the club”.
Barça dream
At some point, Xavi referred to taking over at Camp Nou, with the 39-year-old repeating in the past his desire to run the club where he made a name for himself, adding:
“Everyone knows that coaching Barça is a dream, but at present I’m the Al Sadd head coach and that is my main focus at present”.