Spanish club Barcelona have signed former star Xavi Hernandez to the post of coach of the team, according to reports on Thursday.

And the newspaper “Sport” today, on Thursday, scored a goal without reply on Wednesday evening that Barcelona reached an agreement with the service only 12 hours after the dismissal of Dutch coach Ronald Koeman after the defeat at the Rio Vallecano, so the Catalan club lost for the fourth time in the last six matches of all competitions Met.

Xavi, 41, graduated from Barcelona’s Youth Academy and played with the first team between 1998 and 2015 and won 25 titles, including four titles in the Champions League and eight titles in the Spanish league.

Xavi moved to Al Saad, Qatar, where he ended his career in 2019 and is currently coaching the team with a contract that will be extended until 2023.

There is a penalty clause in Xavi’s contract with Al Satt worth one million euros (one million and 160 thousand dollars).

But according to the newspaper “Sport” Barcelona will hold further talks with al-Sadd, while the deal is expected to end by the end of Thursday.

Neither Barcelona nor Xavier have yet commented on this speculation.

Barcelona are facing a number of problems, especially with the departure of Argentine star Lionel Messi and French striker Antoine Griezmann during last summer’s transfer.