After a rough campaign that was in charge of Barcelona last season, Xavi Hernandez decided that he would go on a sabbatical year after 2.5 years of intense action for the former midfielder. That Sabbatical comes to an end and the name of Xavi goes back to the radar for major European sides.
Allegedly, Roma and Manchester United both spoke early in the season with Xavi, while they started looking for potential successors to Daniele de Rossi and Erik ten Hag respectively. Both, however, was told that Xavi would complete at least a year away from the match, after a stressful end to his term of office.
In theory, however, Xavi is now open again for work. With Xabi Alonso on the way to Real Madrid on all reports, it seems that Leverkusen started the hunt for his successor. Former-sized manager Ten Hag and Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil are linked to the track, leaving the last aneta at the end of the season.
According to De Kicker (via Diario AS), Leverkusen are interested in Xavi. He is appreciated for his playing style, international experience and the control of English. They have been in contact with the Catalan manager and have not received a negative response from his camp.
It would be fascinating to see Xavi in ​​action away from Barcelona. As a player and coach in Barcelona, ​​Xavi's some experience with both in his career in Al-SADD in Saudi Arabia. Although the Xavi can help to get rid of the spotlights and tensions with the local media, he will be without the knowledge of every club he does in the same way at Barcelona. Xavi struggled in his second full season, but provided a League title and a Spanish Supercup in his second year.