Xavi wants a ‘lifeguard’ on the field

The arrival of a midfielder who interprets him is key to Xavi. He was left with the feeling of having an extension of the coach on the field Sergio Busquets. In recent weeks, names have been floating around to fill that role. More expensive (zubimendi) for cheaper, the last candidate is oriole romeuwho had a good season at Girona, has experience at the age of 31 and has grown into this style of Barça.

The debate, if ever there was one, could go that way. This type of media that never loses the ball, that joins team lines and balances time and space when it comes to attacking or defending, has been at home for decades. By boat as soon as possible, from MilesI can quote Pep saidin Celadesin ownership Xavi already Busquets. Each has its characteristics, those footballers who think very quickly, who constantly offer themselves to save the life of a teammate who rushes for scoring, who secures the ball and avoids defeats that will lead to the enemy of the enemy. He is a player-lifeguard, who can make 300 passes and hardly ever miss one or two. They don’t live from the goal but when the team does it they manage it perfectly.

A coach wants to stir up the locker room a little to get everyone on their toes. That was one of the old coach’s laws that I had, vic buckingham. “You have to bring three or four new ones so no one sleeps,” he said. In my opinion it is Xavi that goes Although I think that in the current Barça, with economic pressures, it is almost necessary to look more at the exits than at the entrances. And leave money.

Now it sounds guler. I haven’t seen the young Turk but if he comes he will be very good because we already have offensive methods, like Peter and how Gundogan. even Dejongwhich in the latter case may also delay its pivot position, although it is more ‘adventurous’ than ‘Busi’.

Jaume Olivé, a football man

Last week we received the bad news of the death of Jaume Olivé. I had the opportunity to discuss football with him many times. When I retired as a player, in the 1980s, Olivé was the youth football coordinator at Barça. After so many short periods, I was able to take my first steps in another club job, until I managed that youth team, with Amor y compañía, that reached the final of the Spanish Cup three times and ended up twice. At that time I had a lot of dealings with Olivé. We talked about footballers naturally, each from their point of view, if so-and-so could perform better ‘this’ or ‘that’, if this or that could be increased. Olivé is one of the technicians who lives football all the time. Rest in peace.