The title that comes by making Barcelona less Barcelona: the great right of ‘gardener’ Xavi

With a victory on Sunday evening at city rival Espanyol, FC Barcelona can assure itself of its first title since 2019. The title will mainly be that of Xavi (43). When he took over in November 2021, the club was still ninth. Since then, no team in Spain has scored more points. The club icon was not afraid to knock down sacred cows and is now triumphing. “There is just too much criticism,” he says.