“Xavi will leave the club at the end of the season.” This is a sentence that would’ve made no sense last year, perfect sense three months ago, no sense again three weeks ago and three days ago would’ve felt inevitable. Feels like some sort of twisted riddle? Ask any Barcelona fan how this season has gone.
The die has now been officially cast, and after the most tumultuous, topsy-turvy campaign in recent memory, culminating in arguably the craziest managerial saga of all time, the footballing legend that is Xavi Hernandez has been sacked. He will be replaced by Hansi Flick, whose CV includes becoming the second manager ever (we know the first) to win six trophies in a single season with Bayern.