Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez has expressed his delight over the way his last season at the Camp Nou turned out, saying that he had a “dream farewell.”
The Catalan giants ended their season with a historic treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League in what turned out to be Xavi’s last season at the club.
The influential midfielder announced his departure from Barcelona last month for Qatari side Al-Sadd.
Xavi had acknowledged last year that he was on the verge of a move away from Catalonia, but manager Luis Enrique and his friends had encouraged him to stay put. And the midfielder has expressed his delight at his decision to prolong his Camp Nou stay.
“Last year my mother and my friends insisted that I should stay one more year, and look at the difference it's made”, he was quoted as saying by FIFA in an interview.
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“I'm happy that I was able to witness all that I did this year, with the treble and everything around it.
“It's been a real dream farewell.”
Through the course of his career with Barcelona, which began in 1991 when he joined the club’s youth academy, Xavi went on to win eight league titles, four Champions Leagues and three Copa del Reys.
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