Liga. Xavi announces his departure from Barça at the end of the season after a historic home defeat against Villarreal

Xavi will leave the Blaugrana band by the end of the season. EFE – Enric Fontcuberta

Current coach of FC Barcelona, ​​Xavi announced that he will leave the Catalan club at the end of the season during a press conference after Barça's historic defeat at home against Villarreal (3-5). ), Saturday January 27. 

"On June 30, I will leave the club, it's a decision that I took with the president, with the staff", declared the' ;#39;former midfielder at a press conference, after he had extended his contract until 2025. 

The former Barça midfielder announced it after the home defeat against Villarreal 5 to 3. According to OptaJean, this setback is historic since it is only the fifth time that a team manages to score five goals on the Catalans' pitch, a first since 1963 and a defeat against Real Madrid (1-5). More information to come… 

"I think the situation deserves a change of course and, as "Culer" ( nickname of Barcelona supporters), I cannot allow this situation to continue", he added after his team's new poor performance.

Ten points behind Real Madrid 

Still third, the reigning champion is now ten lengths behind its eternal rival, Real Madrid (1st), and eight behind its astonishing neighbor Girona (2nd) and only retains one slim hope of keeping his crown.

Xavi, who took office in November 2021, in what was surely the worst period in Barça's recent history, allowed his training club last year to win his first Spanish championship title since 2019.

While Barcelona tries to regain stability on the pitch and financially, its team is multiplying its poor performances by conceding far too many goals to remain competitive.

Eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday by Bilbao in overtime (4-2), and humiliated in the final of the Super Cup against its Madrid rival (4-1), the Blaugrana club is getting closer dangerously of a white season.