Xavi: I would have liked to coach Lionel Messi

Xavi: I would have liked to coach Lionel Messi

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The new Barça boss was asked about his former team-mate

Xavi Hernandez says he would have liked to coach Lionel Messi. He said it in his press conference after being appointed as Barcelona’s new boss.

“I would have liked to coach him of course, just like Eto’o and Ronaldinho,” he said.

Messi has sent Xavi a message to wish him the best.

“I’m friends with Messi,” explained Xavi. “He wrote to me and wished me luck, he’s the best player in the world and in the history of this club. (But)now we don’t have him and we can’t think about the players who are not here.”

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