Xavi Hernandez

If you don't know who Xavi is, you've obviously been living under a football rock for years. He's considered one of the best midfielders to have ever played the game and I can't agree less. I'm not sure how to explain it, but he's what keeps the team, FC Barcelona, ticking. His vision, excellent passing, and unbelievable control makes him an outstanding playmaker. He is so vital to both FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team. He's had a pretty amazing career winning every prestigious competition including the World Cup. At the age of 32, I would say he's had a very, very successful career.


Why am I even posting about this guy? Well first off he's probably one of my favorite players ever. I think I might like him better than Messi and that says a lot. If I could play like any footballer in the world, I would like to play like Xavi. His style of play is.....simply sophisticated. All he does it look for space. He uses that space to exploit his opponent and once he finds it, it can really hurt the other side.That's why one of his nicknames it The Puppet Master. The second reason I'm writing about him is because of his age. Like I said before he's at the age of 32 which is the wrong side of 30 in the footballing community. He still may have 2-4 years if he's able to stay in good shape. Other than that, he may have to retire soon and that will be a sad, sad day for many FC Barcelona fans.

So what does his age have to do with this post? Well as he ages, he'll eventually have to retire and then what? What is he going to do with his life? This is what I'm hoping will happen (a dream that will hopefully come true). He takes 2-3 years of sabbatical from football. Stay and hang with family and not have to worry about the complications of football. BUT I do want him to come back to the footballing world, especially FC Barcelona. I really want him to get a job there, if anything become a coach. He can begin working with the younger kids, you know the youth system, and eventually work his way up to be manager of the first team. That's what I really want, him to become manager of the first team. He has such incredible outlook on the game, I just want to see how he would use it to conduct the team plus he already has the Barca DNA embedded into him, so he knows how Barca plays. That's my hope, my dream for him one day. I would love, love, love to see him become manager of the first team. But there is still a lot of time and it could never happen. I mean I don't know why it wouldn't. He seems like the manager type, he just does. What would be even more awesome would be when Iniesta retires he could work with Xavi, you know become his right hand man. It would be like Xavi is Guardiola and Iniesta is Vilanova. Do know how awesome that would be? Then again guys, this is just a wish that is waiting to happen.