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6th November 2021
09:44am GMT

"You're my fans, my people, the club that I love the most. And now, I'm coming home. See you soon, Culers. Força Barça."
https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/1456784802175197191The Spaniard will be walking back to a very different Barcelona to the one that he first left back in 2015.
Since his departure, the Blaugrana have been in financial disarray and have resorted to bringing players in on free transfers and looking to the next generation of Pedri and Ansu Fati to take the club back to the top.
So much so, there's been reports that Barcelona can't actually afford to pay the release clause in Xavi's contact, and the Spaniard is paying it himself.
According to the BBC, Xavi will officially be announced on Monday at the Nou Camp to fans and the media.
In his first role as a manager at Al-Sadd, Xavi was able to guide the team he first spent four years at as a player to a league title, with the side currently enjoying a 36-game unbeaten run.
With the 41-year-old not officially joining until Monday, his first game won't come until after the international break, when they will face city rivals Espanyol at the Camp Nou.
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