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When Xavi Hernández assumed as technical director of FC Barcelona already knew what awaited him. After years of indulgence in the dressing room and with a host of players in a physical form not typical of the Spanish club, the former player has proposed put a heavy hand to return the Catalans to the road of the victories.
Among Xavi’s first measures is the arrive time and media before going to the club facilities so that the team has breakfast together -considering that the morning feeding will be controlled- and later to crush with the new physical trainers in training.
Another of the new coach’s rules is that players must request permission to give statements or interviews to the media , or at least notify.
One of the most popular of the club and also captain of the team, Gerard Piqué , is one of the most affected by the measure since he is a regular in giving interviews and being in the public eye, including through the social platform Twitch.
“We have to put order because when there has been, we have done well ”
Xavi Hernández
And Xavi knows in order: has won everything he could in the FC Barcelona with technicians such as Frank Rijkard, Josep “Pep” Guardiola or Luis Enrique, coincidentally the three also former players of the institution.
In recent days it transpired that put a stop to an invitation made by the award-winning program El Hormiguero of Spanish Antena 3 to Gerar d Piqué . The reasons may be due to the difficult situation that Barcelona is going through and how expressive the central defender can be, who does not tend to keep anything.
Xavi applies fines for being late … Even if it’s only three minutes
In his first contact with the squad, one of the players who paid the most attention to Xavi was the French attacking midfielder Ousmane Dembelé . Despite his constant injuries and poor form, the club continues to bet on his talent.
However, despite the confidence that he The new coach came to transmit to Dembelé, it is clear that we must follow the rules .
The sports journalist Jordi Blanco from ESPN revealed that the French player was fined for arriving late to training on Friday ; the team was called at 8 o’clock. 30 am at the Ciudad Deportiva and Dembélé arrived at 8. 33 am, that is, three minutes late.
Dembélé will ‘pay’ the first fine for being late. Arrived at the Sports City at 8: 33 in the morning, when the deadline for arrival at the locker room, being training at 10: 00, it was 8 o’clock: 12 @ ESPNDeportes – Jordi Blanco Duch (@Elwood_White) November 12, 1200