Xavi has reportedly agreed to stay on as Barcelona coach, despite previously saying he'd quit at the end of the season
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00:00I think we have a problem in terms of the demand for this position.
00:06I think there is a problem because, first of all, you don't enjoy it, it's not quality of life,
00:09and then it seems that you risk your life here at every moment.
00:13It doesn't happen in any club. That's why I say it's Kurel.
00:16He has lived moments as a player where we have had complicated situations,
00:32then we have achieved great things, with a great team we have not won anything,
00:38and then we have won everything by playing very good football.
00:42He knows perfectly well what to do, and you have to give him time and confidence.
00:48Barcelona has to go up.
00:50In addition, the talent there is of the more veteran people,
00:53together with the generation of young people we have,
00:56well, I'm optimistic, yes, but we'll see.
00:59For me as a coach, it means a lot.
01:01I'm a rookie in this, and winning 0-4 at the Bernabéu reinforces me a lot.
01:06For sure. It reinforces the project, the idea of the game, the model of the game,
01:12and there is no doubt that Barcelona has to compete by playing in this way.
01:17I insist, I think we have saved a season that could have been catastrophic.
01:21It would have been catastrophic not to enter Europe,
01:23it would have been catastrophic at a sporting level.
01:28For me personally, if you ask me, it gives me a lot of credibility.
01:32It happened to me a bit as a player, which was difficult at the beginning,
01:36they believed in me, and as a coach practically the same thing has happened.
01:41So this title gives me credibility, it gives me stability.
01:46I think the club needs a change in dynamics, and above all as a club,
01:51thinking about the club, thinking about the players' well-being,
01:54thinking about them, I think they will also free themselves.
02:22They can only become stronger, that's why I think Xavi, yes, I would have loved him to stay.
02:29In my opinion, when you make a decision like that and you say it so openly in public,
02:34it's because you've really thought about it and you've made your mind up.
02:39I don't think he's the type of guy who changes his mind like that.