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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Barça 2.0 and why Xavi might reboot for United - ESPN Weekly

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Sports, Soccer, Football

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Xavi has some history with Manchester United. He seriously considered joining them when he felt unwanted and unloved at Barcelona. He played in some epic encounters between the two teams. And now, a little over a year after taking over at Camp Nou, his team in transition meet a resurgent United. Here's my ESPNFC column about their previous, the amendments Xavi has made to Pep Guardiola's bible, and why he may revert to it when he faces Erik ten Hag's team in the Europa League.











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after Chubby Hernandez sat down to talk to the media ahead of the Camp now match in the Europa League between Barcelona and Manchester United.

1:05.6

I think it's easy to sneer, I don't know, downgrade the Europa League.

1:11.6

Because the Champions League is so all-encompassing it. To my mind it's a magical

1:16.7

tournament. It certainly brought me as an observer of sport as a chronicle of

1:20.6

sport some of the most extraordinary moments in my history of watching

1:26.7

sport and therefore I treasure it. The Europa League, when you rebrand something, the UEFA felt important for somebody who grew up watching it,

1:39.0

two-legged finals, it was a European trophy.

1:41.7

I've said many times before both in the interviews and in these

1:45.2

columns or in question and answers. I can't quite tell you why Europe, European rivals, European football always enchanted me.

1:56.4

Nobody directed me towards it.

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