Deco Breaks His Silence on Xavi’s Continuity

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Xavi Explains Reasons for His Change of Heart to Stay at the Helm of Barça

Deco spoke during halftime of the match between FC Barcelona and Valencia at Montjuïc for DAZN’s microphones and broke his silence on Xavi’s continuity. He hadn’t publicly addressed it until now.

“All projects have a timeframe. We counted on him when he renewed his contract, and although he said he was leaving, in recent weeks he has seen the situation and realized that important things can be achieved, and that’s the key,” said the Barcelona sporting director. He added, “In football, there will always be different opinions. If Xavi had left, we would now be discussing the opposite. We know what we want and what we have to do.”

Asked if the position of Òscar Hernández had been questioned, he was as decisive as Rafa Yuste: “That’s a lie, I don’t know where you got this news from, and I don’t understand the question either, it’s a matter that wasn’t on the table. It’s totally false.”

And about the match, he said, “We started well, with the 1-0, but then we saw that mistakes can happen in football. Ter Stegen doesn’t usually make mistakes, he never gets it wrong, he’s very reliable, but today it happened. Then, another play led to the penalty.”