The betrayal of Xavi was consummated yesterday without even waiting for the end of the season. In training yesterday, Friday, Laporta and the sports management met with him to inform him that They have signed Hansi Flick who will be presented next Monday.
Xavi Hernández has gone from announcing his goodbye in the middle of the season, to saying that he was staying for Barcelona and finally to being fired one game before the end of the championship. The club is unhappy with second place and a blank season. Joan Laporta couldn't take it anymore. Now the president He will try to convince the Egarense to give up his part of the compensation.
But while that happens, the new details of the new coach's contract are already known. The German Has gone from being the highest paid coach in the world during the last World Cup in Qatar (6.5 million euros) to substantially cut Xavi's salary to reach the culé bench.
flick He will sign for two seasons instead of the 1+1 that was talked about hours ago. He also arrives with two of his assistants who are Toni Tapalovic and Marcus Sorg, both with experience under him previously at Bayern Munich.
30% less salary
But also, Flick has accepted a salary 30% less than what Xavi was going to earn next season.
The achievement of the League and the Super Cup led the club to announce last September the renewal of the coach until 2025 with the option of one more year and with a considerable salary increase. The Blaugrana legend took the reins of the club in 2021. Xavi returned home with an annual salary of 3.9 million euros per season, which meant 325,000 euros per month, 75,000 euros per week and 15,000 euros per day.
However, the renewal of his contract meant a considerable increase in his emoluments. According to RAC1, with the new agreement until 2025 with the option of one more year, the Blaugrana coach doubled his salary. He started to earn eight million gross, in addition to four kilos to be distributed to the staff. 12 million euros gross in total.
The cost of Xavi's team for the next season continued to escalate. He technician and his staff would have meant an expense of around 18 million euros gross for the entity, Now with the German, that price will be lower, at least for the first season. According to advance Sport, The German has understood Barça's economic problems and has decided to take a reduction in his aspirations in order to be able to quickly reach an agreement with the culé team, having a chip close to 7 million euros gross for its first year.
According to the aforementioned media, Barcelona's budget for its new coach and his assistants would be approximately 12.6 million euros.
This agreement means a saving for a club with red numbers and the salary limit exceeded but he will still have to face the settlement of his still coach.