{"id":1138715,"date":"2020-03-30T15:25:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T14:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1138715"},"modified":"2020-03-30T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T14:25:55","slug":"xavi-sancho-gnabry-barca-targets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/xavi-sancho-gnabry-barca-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;They just need wingers&#8221; &#8212; Xavi names Sancho and Gnabry among his potential Barcelona targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has said Jadon Sancho and Serge Gnabry would be among the players he&#8217;d look to sign if he returned to the club as manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The metronomic passer left the Nou Camp in 2015 with 767 appearances and 15 major honours under his belt for the Blaugrana, departing for Qatari club Al Sadd.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could Sancho join Barcelona? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sancho left Man City for Borussia Dortmund in 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Since then, he&#8217;s notched 31 goals and 42 assists across 90 appearances for the German club.<\/li>\n<li>His form has seen him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/jadon-sancho-man-utd-transfer-dortmund-berbatov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> with a number of European giants, including Man Utd.<\/li>\n<li>Xavi has been linked with the Barcelona manager&#8217;s job.<\/li>\n<li>And the Spaniard says Sancho, Gnabry and Neymar would be among his targets should he one day get the job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7533381\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nXavi has since taken to the dugout for the Stars League side but with Ernesto Valverde dismissed of his duties earlier this season and replacement Quique Setien struggling to make his mark, the Spaniard has been linked with a return to Barca as manager and <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/688752\/xavi-barcelona-re-sign-neymar-buy-jadon-sancho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> rejected the role as recently as January.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old has claimed he is now ready to take the job now, but only if there were no &#8220;toxic&#8221; players in the dressing room, while he did highlight Sancho, Gnabry and a certain Brazilian ex-teammate of his as potential targets should he return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am clear that I want to return to<span>\u00a0<\/span>Barcelona, it gives me a lot of excitement,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/magazine\/personalidades\/20200329\/4892755863\/xavi-barca-catar-barcelona-futbol-entrenar-banquillo-xavi-hernandez.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Vanguardia<\/a>. \u201cNow that I have seen myself coaching I think I can bring things to the players.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takumi Minamino: How Japanese fans support Liverpool&#039;s new signing | \u5357\u91ce \u62d3\u5b9f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qsprIbhfVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I made it clear to them that I saw myself in a project that started from zero and in which the decision-making was mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to work with people I trust, with very valid people there is mutual loyalty. There can\u2019t be anyone toxic around the dressing room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On potential transfer targets, he added: \u201cI would sign wingers, like Neymar \u2013 I don\u2019t know if he would fit in due to the social issue, but football-wise I have no doubts it would be a spectacular signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just need wingers like Bayern [Munich] They don\u2019t need many new players: maybe Jadon Sancho, Serge Gnabry\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has said Jadon Sancho and Serge Gnabry would be among the players he&#8217;d look to sign if he returned to the club as manager. 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