Regardless of having left Camp Nou final month, Xavi continues to face substantial criticism, with experiences not scrutinising his alleged failure to work on his gamers’ bodily health throughout his time on the helm.
A tumultuous last yr with Barcelona noticed Xavi relieved of his duties with one recreation of the season left to play, with president Joan Laporta overtly admitting he had grown involved by the staff’s bodily decline after the 60-minute mark of matches.
Now, a report from MARCA has make clear the gamers’ opinions concerning their bodily preparations for the 2024/25 marketing campaign, claiming that many imagine they weren’t given sufficient conditioning work underneath Xavi.
“Right here in Barcelona you prepare for an hour after which go house,” a supply contained in the Blaugrana camp is quoted as saying.
All of that’s poised to shift dramatically, nevertheless, with the arrival of recent supervisor Hansi Flick. The German intends to overtake the help workers and is bringing a famend health knowledgeable to assist restore the gamers to peak bodily situation.
“Flick will enhance the bodily preparation,” Laporta stated. “To do that he’ll adapt to the membership’s construction, a coach will are available in and they’re designing it.
“We noticed that within the sixtieth minute the staff’s stage dropped, they didn’t end the sport in the identical method, like within the two video games in opposition to Actual Madrid, who got here again in the previous few minutes.
“We ask Flick to win, he takes a extra skilled staff, he’ll be capable to put together them bodily, with out giving up our model, however with extra bodily preparation to play with two touches and get well the ball rapidly.”
