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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Former Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman has claimed he was repeatedly assured by president Joan Laporta that Xavi was never a real threat to his job, five months after he was replaced by the former midfielder.<\/p>\n

Koeman’s future was a regular topic of debate in the Spanish press and Xavi was long touted as the club’s preferred manager, with some suggesting that the Dutchman was just a stop-gap coach until Xavi was ready to join.<\/p>\n

Koeman clearly believes that to be the case, but he told Algemeen Dagblad that Laporta repeatedly claimed he was not interested in hiring Xavi to replace him.<\/p>\n

“I was not Laporta’s coach,” Koeman said. “I had that feeling as soon as I laid eyes on him, after the elections, we just didn’t click. That necessary support from above was lacking.<\/p>\n

“The important thing for me was not the money. I just wanted to succeed as a manager at Barcelona, to do everything I could, but I realised that Laporta wanted to get rid of me because I wasn’t appointed by him.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “Laporta told me 1,000 times that Xavi would not be his coach, because he lacked experience.”<\/p>\n

The Dutchman also lamented seeing Xavi given the chance to work with a full-strength Barcelona squad and felt he was not given enough credit for working through a severe injury crisis earlier this season.<\/p>\n

“They didn’t give me the time they have given the new manager, Xavi,” he added. “It’s still painful for me.<\/p>\n

“I was working with a lot of injuries. Now Pedri is back in shape, and Ousmane Dembele… you can see everything coming together.<\/p>\n

“Every coach needs time and patience from the board. I would have loved those signings, too [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ferran Torres, Dani Alves and Adama Traore]. But I’m happy for the club, since things are going better now and for the players. It’s nice to see Frenkie de Jong play good, old-fashioned football. He has such quality.”<\/p>\n

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