Transcript · Catalan → English
Catalan → English transcript
It was expected that Xavi, as he told us, had resigned,
he asked me if he felt up to continuing,
that he needed to continue, that he wanted to continue.
I asked Xavi a question,
because he was at my house, he came over for dinner,
and I said to him, "Xavi, do you believe in this team?"
And he told me, "I believe 100% — I'll make them champions," and of course that fired me up.
You know that, besides, I value Xavi a lot,
I told him, "listen, you — we said one thing, we'll retract it,"
I'll explain it, I'll try to get people to understand the explanations.
Even when we greeted each other, we were clear that we had to keep going and all that.
We sat down with the president
and in two or three minutes we understood each other perfectly.
But, of course, a week later I heard some statements from Xavi,
who says we'll take a couple of years to become competitive enough,
but I mean, listen to me, what is this?
But, of course, then two weeks go by…
and Xavi, talking with Deco,
asks that we have to replace a bunch of first-team players.
And then I said no.
Good morning, Xavi.
The Blaugrana president went straight to the training complex
to speak to him face to face
while Xavi was leading the training session.
For me, the worst part of the presidency…
is having told, at the time, Ronaldinho, Deco, Eto'o,
I'm telling you, Messi, Piqué, Bussi, Jordi Alba...
Xavi as coach, Koeman as coach,
great guys, guys who have given us glory,
agendas, my heroes,
that he came to say, listen, it's over.
And that's just about football.
And that truly gives me peace, or gives me the peace of mind to say,
Jan, Barça is above, above presidents,
above players, above coaches,
the institution is above everything.
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Original transcript (Catalan)
Estava previst que el Xavi, com ens va dir, havia plegat, em va demanar que es veia amb cor de continuar, que necessitava continuar, que volia continuar. Jo li vaig fer una pregunta al Xavi, perquè va ser a casa meva, que va venir a sopar,
i li dic, Xavi, creus en aquest equip? I em diu, crec 100%, el faré campió, i clar, a mi m'engresca això. Ja saps que, a més, al Xavi, que me l'aprecio molt, li dic, escolta, tu, vam dir una cosa, ens desdirem, m'ho explicaré, intentaré que la gent entengui les explicacions.
Ya cuando nos saludamos teníamos claro que teníamos que seguir y tal. Vam sentar-hi amb el president i en dos o tres minuts ens vam entendre perfectament. Però, clar, al cap d'una setmana, sento unes declaracions del Xavi, que diu que trigarem un parell d'anys a ser prou competitius,
però ho vull dir, que escolta'm, què és això? Però, clar, després passen dues setmanes... i el Xavi, parlant amb el Deco, demana que hem de canviar una pila de jugadors del primer equip. I aleshores vaig dir que no.
Bon dia, Xavi. El president Blaugrana directament s'ha presentat a la ciutat esportiva per parlar-hi cara a cara mentre Xavi dirigia la sessió d'entrenament. Per mi, el pitjor de la presidència...
és haver-li dit en el seu moment al Ronaldinho, al Deco, a l'Eto'o, ja et dic, al Messi, al Piqué, al Bussi, al Jordi Alba... al Xavi d'entrenador, al Koeman d'entrenador, tios fantàstics, tios que ens han donat la glòria, agendes, herois meus,
que hagi vingut a dir, escolta, s'ha acabat. Això només del futbol. I això sí que em dóna pau o em dóna la tranquil·litat de dir, Jan, el Barça està per damunt, per damunt de presidents, per damunt de jugadors, per damunt d'entrenadors,
la institució està per damunt de tot.
