Xavi Hernandez already has a lifetime's worth of experiences for Barcelona against Manchester United. However vital Thursday's Europa League tie against Erik Ten Hag's team at Camp Nou might seem for the Blaugranas' immediate future, it will simply be another set of colourful, passionate images for Xavi's already bulging scrapbook.
The saturnine Catalan made the first of his 151 Champions League appearances at Old Trafford in a rip-roaring 3-3 draw with Sir Alex Ferguson's side nearly 25 years ago. He thought long and hard about accepting United's offer to join them a couple of seasons later when he felt unwanted at Camp Nou and, of course, having lost the 2008 semifinal to United, he then produced two wins, and two assists, in the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals against Fergie's teams in Rome and at Wembley.