Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Joan Laporta has decided not to travel to Qatar to untie Xavi from Al-Sadd, reports TV3. The Barcelona president is taking a risk with this, because Laporta’s arrival to Doha was a firm demand from Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad to negotiate Xavi and allow the former midfielder to return to Catalonia as a trainer. An agreement is the only thing standing in the way of Xavi’s return to Barcelona.

Mundo Deportivo reports on Tuesday that there is already a personal agreement between Xavi and Barcelona, ​​about a salary that is slightly lower than at Al-Sadd. A bonus construction will allow Xavi to earn more at Barcelona than his base salary. There is already an agreement between Xavi and Al-Sadd that the Qatari club will be relatively flexible towards a departure to Barcelona. There is, however, an important condition: that Laporta personally travels to Qatar to conduct the negotiations.

According to , Laporta has TV3 however, decided to leave the negotiations on Xavi to Vice-President Rafael Yuste and Director of Football Affairs Mateu Alemany. This seems like a risky decision for Barcelona. ASH previously wrote that it is considered “rude” in Qatari culture for the negotiations to be conducted by someone lower in Barcelona’s rank than Laporta. Hence, Al Sadd’s owner, Sheikh Bin Hamad, demanded negotiations with Laporta to eventually agree to Xavi’s departure.

“If you want to reach an agreement on Xavi in ​​a friendly way and without any problems, you should come to Doha,” the Spanish newspaper quoted Al-Sadd’s message for Barcelona as saying. It remains to be seen how the sheikh reacts to Laporta’s absence. ASH has been informed that it has not yet been ruled out from Doha that Laporta will still join the delegation from Barcelona that travels to Qatar on Thursday.

As the Barcelona delegation arrives on Thursday, Al-Sadd has just finished an important game. The duel with closest pursuer Al-Duhail is scheduled for Wednesday. One of Al-Sadd’s demands was that Xavi still sit on the bench during that game. If Xavi’s team wins, the lead of the leader of the Qatari competition over the number two is six points.