Xavi: It'd be no problem to coach Barca - I know what Messi, Suarez and Co. are like
Xavi: It'd be no problem to coach Barca - I know what Messi, Suarez and Co. are like
Barcelona legend Xavi says he would be up to the challenge of managing former team-mates like Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets at the club.
“I don’t know if it will be a bridge to Barca,” he told Catalan newspaper Ara. “The only thing that worries me now is doing well here, winning titles and making mistakes in some aspects to learn for the future.
“It wouldn’t be a problem [to manage former team-mates]. I know what Leo is like, and Luis [Suarez], Busquets, Jordi [Alba], [Gerard] Pique or Sergi [Roberto].
“I know how they train, their capacity for leadership, I can tell if they are sad or angry. I hope as a coach I could have three, five, eight or 10 players that I already knew and that I already had a good relationship with.
“[Messi] is a player who, if you convince him, he can even be a brilliant defender. He has physical and mental speed. He has everything. If you convince him to run, what will the others do? They will run twice as much.”
“The problem in the midfield is that nobody is doing any defensive work, so they suffer when they have to retreat,” Xavi said.
“The coach is very important, but without the players there is nothing to do.”
by : theballman
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