U.S. national team defender Sergino Dest, who plays for PSV, spoke about working with former Barcelona head coach Xavi in the Catalan team.
- "With Xavi, I felt like my opportunities on the field were limited, I wasn't myself. I wanted to participate in the attack, because it is my main strength, but the coach asked me not to join the attacks often.
Xavi was not honest with me. Last summer, before I went on vacation, he told me: "Don't listen to the journalists, I need you". When I came back, he said: "You need to leave,"" Barca Universal quoted Desta as saying on social network X.