When Xavi was able to play at PSG

That is well known Xavi Hernandez (1980) was able to sign for Milan in 1999, when the Barça entity was not done betting him a professional contract. He was already playing in the Barça first team and had just won the U-20 World Cup in Nigeria, leading the Spain game, but he kept the reserve team record, a circumstance he took advantage of. Adriano Galliani meet you Joaquim, father of the midfielder, at the Princesa Sofia hotel in Barcelona. The offer cannot be answered, but Maria Mercè, the player’s mother, opposed and foiled an operation that was almost done. Xavi did not regret it because FC Barcelona soon recognized his quality and good years followed. More unnoticed happened that he could also play in PSGthough not at the beginning of his career, but at the end.

In May 2015, in his final days as a Barça player, his departure from the club was announced, without a contract, and his signing for Al-Sadd from Qatar, Le Parisiana leading newspaper for the environment of PSG, published that the Egarense midfielder, then 35 years old, could play on loan at PSG for the 2015-16 season.

This is a practical plan. PSG will not incur any costs for his inclusion and all or part of his salary may remain in the hands of Al-Sadd, whose president is the brother of Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, emir of Qatar and real owner of PSG.

The model is inspired by a similar approach used in 2014 by Manchester City with Frank Lampard who, after signing for New York City for a year, was loaned for a season to the English club, with the same North American owner.

In the end his arrival at PSG did not materialize and Xavi He finished his career as a player at Al-Sadd (2015-2019), a club where he also began his career as a coach (2019-2021) before returning to FC Barcelona in November 2021 as a coach.