🗣 "We are competing with the same opponent we competed with last season, they are physically strong. Their strength is their teamwork. We wouldn’t have won against them last season except for a penalty kick scored by Memphis."
🎙Xavi on Gavi.
🗣 "I'm happy with Gavi's level, and that’s what I’ve been waiting for. He is a gift to us for the future, he has great personality and great passion. He helps us a lot, and he is a footballer who can play in any position I ask of the team."
🎙Xavi on Ansu Fati.
🗣 "Is Ansu injured? No, Ansu is fine. We work with him on a certain plan. He is a great player, and he makes the difference when he comes in. He is important to us."
🎙Xavi continues..
🗣 "Would it be good for Ansu to play in the World Cup? It is a decision for Luis Enrique. I have a good relationship with him, and I spoke with Enrique about Ansu’s condition. Generally, Ansu should play, you will see that."
🎙Xavi on Jordi Cruyff being appointed as sporting director.
🗣 "I'm going to ask him to invite me to lunch on the occasion of his official appointment as Sporting Director. He is a loyal person, and I'm happy for him. It's a great decision by the club, and I support it 100%."
🎙Xavi on the Madrid Derby and the possibility of Barça going top of the table.
🗣 "We have to play our game and then see what happens in Real Madrid's game. I will definitely watch the game, but first I want us to win our game. We want the three points."
🎙Xavi on goal celebrations.
🗣 "Every player has the right to celebrate as he wants. I don’t think it has anything to do with disrespecting opponents."
🎙Xavi on the loss to Bayern Munich.
🗣 "I’m still upset about the Bayern game. We should have won that match, not even a draw. We controlled the game, and the players knew their mistakes in that game but I’m still upset."
🎙Xavi on the possibility of Barça having a white away kit next season.
🗣 "Generally, Barcelona used to wear a white shirt in the old days. Currently, there is nothing official about that. When it becomes official, come ask me."
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🗣 "We brought him in previously to get into the dynamics of the group. So that he has contact with the national team. He did not play, now he does in his club, but he has only played one official game as a starter. It says something."
🎙Luis Enrique continues.. 🇪🇸
🗣 "He has a special relationship with the goal, but now I don't see him on the squad currently. I hope he recovers his level, which I think he does not have right now. We continue to have high expectations with Ansu and hopefully he achieves it."
🎙Luis Enrique on having a conversation with Ansu Fati. 🇪🇸
🗣 "I have called an individual player because of his condition, but I don't have a rule of thumb to call the players. I have complicity, but I'm not one of those to be called."
🗣️: "We must have our feet on the ground and continue to work. We have a good potential team and we competed well and we gave a sign that there is a team here." #FCB
🗣:"We want to prove our form, we are obviously in a better position than last season."
🎙|Xavi on the schedule
🗣:"It's a very rough first half of the season, we have planned it for some time now and i think we will do our best in resting and preparing the players."
🎙|Xavi on Lewandowski playing Bayern
🗣:"There will never be a right moment for something like that, Robert is great, he had a rest the other day and he is fresh and ready."
🎙| Jules Kounde in an interview with @el_pais on the game against Bayern
🗣: "We do know that they are a very strong team in all areas but I am sure that we will compete very well. We have everything we need to win both games. We trust in ourselves."
@el_pais 🎙| Jules Kounde on if he almost joined Man City
🗣: "Yes, in my first year at Sevilla. Guardiola called me. He told me that he loved me and that he believed I would fit the way City plays."
@el_pais 🎙| Jules Kounde on his form
🗣: “I hate losing. I think it’s something that comes from when I was little. I am eager to improve all the time.”