Seven Man Utd appointments Xavi will want – including coach with connection to Leeds

Manchester United person been linked with erstwhile Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez, who could request 7 caller appointments if helium succeeds Erik 10 Hag astatine Old Trafford

Xavi Hernandez would apt bring a squad of 7 trusted unit with him to Manchester United if helium replaces Erik 10 Hag.

The erstwhile Barcelona boss, 44, is presently retired of enactment aft leaving the La Liga giants astatine the extremity of past season. He has emerged arsenic one of the starring candidates to win Ten Hag in caller weeks pursuing United’s dreadful commencement to the 2024/25 campaign.

Ten Hag inactive remains the Red Devils manager, having survived the sack contempt a seven-hour situation gathering being held by the United hierarchy during the planetary interruption earlier this month. But that has not stopped speculation implicit his position, which was thrown nether adjacent much uncertainty aft his broadside fell to a disappointing 2-1 defeat astatine West Ham connected Sunday.

The Daily Mail assertion United bosses person already made interaction with Xavi twice successful the past fewer months. Speculation that the 2010 World Cup victor is keen to articulation the Red Devils was further fuelled by an Instagram communicative shared by his woman connected Sunday, wherever his lad was seen wearing a United jersey.

It remains to beryllium seen whether the Catalan volition commencement a caller escapade successful the Premier League – but it is highly apt that helium already has his coaching unit handpicked for the occupation should a determination materialise. That’s due to the fact that Xavi has utilized the aforesaid squad of 7 coaches crossed his 2 managerial roles to date.

They are: his member and adjunct manager Oscar Hernandez, adjunct manager Sergio Alegre, fittingness manager Ivan Torres, goalkeeping manager Jose Ramon De la Fuente, analysts Sergio Garcia, Toni Lobo and David Prats.

Oscar is Xavi’s close manus antheral and was a antiaircraft midfielder successful the Spanish 2nd and 3rd divisions, going connected to negociate an academy successful Qatar portion his sibling embarked connected a managerial career. Alegre worked successful Barca’s younker teams earlier becoming Xavi’s adjunct astatine Al-Sadd and Barcelona.

Torres has known Xavi since they were kids, playing semi-professional shot successful Spain earlier spending 3 years arsenic a fittingness manager successful Cyprus and six months successful the aforesaid relation with erstwhile Premier League nine – and the Red Devils' rivals – Leeds United.

Prats played alongside Xavi successful the Barcelona younker squad and aboriginal took complaint of Al-Sadd’s U23s. Garcia, who was 1 of La Masia’s apical prospects earlier wounded halted his career, specialises successful dead-ball situations and compiles information connected absorption teams.

Lobo played alongside Xavi, Prats and Garcia, and was successful complaint of signaling grooming sessions and matches for in-depth analysis. All of the aforementioned coaching unit were calved wrong 2 years of Xavi and successful the aforesaid portion of Spain.

With their help, Xavi claimed 7 pieces of silverware managing Al-Sadd betwixt May 2019 and November 2021, including the apical formation successful 2020/21. He won a La Liga rubric with his beloved Barcelona successful his archetypal afloat play with the club, but struggled successful his last play and fell retired with the nine hierarchy.

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