Reluctant To Confirm When Xavi Will Coach Barcelona, Laporta: He Is Still In The Process Of Learning And Evolving

JAKARTA - Barcelona president Joan Laporta is reluctant to confirm when former player Xavi Hernandez will take charge of Barcelona because the man is still a coach at Qatari club Al Sadd.

"I always said, one day he will be head coach of Barca but I don't know when. We have a great reference about Xavi at Al Sadd," Laporta was quoted as saying by Sky Sports, Saturday.

Furthermore, Laporta said that currently all reports about Xavi were considered positive, but he could not talk about many details about the former Barcelona player.

According to Laporta, the news that Xavi will be appointed as Barcelona coach has been in various mass media, but he emphasized that his team also has other options.

"All our reports about Xavi are positive. We can talk a lot about him but I can't give you more details. He is in all the newspapers, but we also have other options," Laporta explained.

He thinks Xavi is currently in the process of learning to become a manager and continues to evolve and Laporta admits he gets good references from some of his closest people.

Laporta admits he spoke to Xavi two months ago when he gave Ronald Koeman confidence because he understood he had to give the team a few months to recover.

"My opinion about Xavi as a manager is that he is still learning, evolving, I have good references from close people who know him better than me," Laporta explained.

"I spoke with him (Xavi) two months ago when we gave Ronald Koeman confidence because I understand that we have to give those months, the team needs time to recover."

Barcelona on Wednesday, October 27 officially sacked coach Ronald Koeman after the Blaugrana in recent times continued to achieve negative results and there were many reports that Xavi would be his successor.

Currently, the position of interim head coach is held by Sergi Barjuan and he will accompany Barcelona against Alaves in the Champions League and Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League.