Xavi Hernandez said he is open to being Qatar's coach when it hosts the 2022 World Cup and rebuffed critics by claiming he is "very proud" to be in Doha.
The Barcelona great, 37, who currently plays in Qatar for Al Sadd, told AFP he is "90 percent" certain to retire at the end of this season and then launchRead more
Barcelona and Spain have been searching for a player to hold their teams together like glue, orchestrating the midfield as Xavi Hernandez used to do for club and country.
Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara seems the natural heir to Xavi, who left Barcelona in 2015 having retired from Spanish internationals the previous year.
But although Julen Lopetegui has made theRead more