Firmin hopes ‘Xavi’ will be Barca’s ‘Sir Alex’.

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Firmin López the Barcelona‘s rising midfielder wants to see Xavi Hernandez work for the club. For as long as Sir Alex Ferguson did with the Red Devils.

Firmin López, a 20-year-old midfielder at Barcelona, ​​expects Xavi Hernandez to be Barca’s version of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. According to a report from ‘Deario Sport’ last Saturday UFABET

In recent years, many Barcelona trainers have not in the position for very long. Since Ernesto Valverde left the ‘Camp Nou’ in January 2020. There have no trainers. Who stayed with the team for two years or longer? Enrique Setien only lasted seven months. While his replacement Ronald Koeman only worked for 14 months until the club brought in Xavi to take over as trainer in November 2021.

Xavi completed his first full season in charge of Barcelona by leading Barcelona to the Supercopa de Espana. Followed by La Liga and there is a lot of anticipation surrounding this season. Even though the Azulgrana team had a bad start to the season.

Barca players still have full faith in Xavi. Especially the young players who have been given opportunities by the 43-year-old trainer. One of them, Firmin López expects the boss to be like Sir Alex. Ferguson in the Barcelona version after the Scot worked with Manchester United for 27 years. And built the Red Devils into a football superpower during that time.

‘I hope Xavi will be [Sir Alex] Ferguson’s version of Barcelona. He is one of the people who gave me the confidence and the opportunity to live my life and for me, Will be very pleased.’ Fermin said.