{"id":102307,"date":"2023-09-23T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T15:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/23\/xavi-extends-barcelona-contract-until-2025\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T15:29:20","slug":"xavi-extends-barcelona-contract-until-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/23\/xavi-extends-barcelona-contract-until-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavi extends Barcelona contract until 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/xavi_smiles_22092023_g_1200-696x392.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"xavi_smiles_22092023_g_1200\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Barcelona coach Xavi has extended his contract with the Spanish champions by one season until June 2025 with the option of an additional year, the club confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The former Barca midfielder, who took over as coach in 2021, led the club to their first LaLiga title since 2019 and the Spanish Super Cup last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe arrived at a difficult time, in unfavourable circumstances,\u201d Xavi told a press conference ahead of Saturday\u2019s game against Celta Vigo.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year we won two important titles. We\u2019re in a process of transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd1d FC Barcelona and coach Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez have reached an agreement to renew his contract until 30 June 2025 with an optional further year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1705282794006429782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Xavi said Barca had just played \u201ctheir two best matches\u201d since he took over, with 5-0 wins over both Real Betis in LaLiga and Royal Antwerp in the Champions League group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi took over from Ronald Koeman, two years after his retirement as a player, on a contract until June 2024, winning 60 of the 96 matches he managed in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are currently second in LaLiga, two points behind Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"2zs8vFici_w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Honouring Legends: Ghana Club 100 recognizes contributions of Kwaw Ansah, David Dontoh (22-9-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2zs8vFici_w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona coach Xavi has extended his contract with the Spanish champions by one season until June 2025 with the option of an additional year, the club confirmed on Friday. 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