Mingueza: “We didn’t fit well with Xavi, he didn’t like me and that’s why I left”

Oscar Minguezaa happy full international after playing after being unable to after six call-ups to the Spanish team, is on the eve of facing the FC Barcelona as right back Celtica club where he showed himself as the winger with the best offensive numbers in the League. Trained in the quarry of culé since he joined as a junior, in 2022 he finished packing his bags for Vigo signing with the celestial team until 2026. His lack of fame in the first team of Barça, following change of Ronald Koeman through Xavi Hernandez on the bench, he was urged to take a step which, considering his progress, would have united him with the elite. In statements to Sports3, Mingueza shared the responsibilities of his departure from Barça. “When Xavi arrived we didn’t fit,” he said on the one hand, and he didn’t have “the best mentality”, on the other hand.

The part attributable to the Terrassa coach is explained as a matter of taste. “When Xavi came we didn’t get along, he must not have liked me or whatever.” he pointed out. Mingueza recalled that the man who became the culé coach from the end of 2021 to the middle of 2024 told him that in a season “I will play about ten games, as I have been playing since he arrived, in which there are quite a few I played.” The part where his message is most self-critical is too direct. “I don’t have the best mentality in the world either and that’s why I left Barça, to try to regain motivation and enjoy” a professional activity that has made him one of the best full-backs in the Liga this season , in that he played 12 games and added 5 assists and 2 goals in the 912 minutes he was on the pitch. This Saturday (9 pm), Celta face Barça, who seem to be a club interested in its play-off after agreeing to his departure from Celta without charging a transfer fee, but guaranteeing 50% of a sale to future.