Tottenham’s coach – Mauricio Pochettino has labeled Xavi Hernandez as his enemy, following remarks made by the former Barcelona midfielder about Manchester City bidding to sign Dele Alli. Pochettino says Xavi is probably doing an underground job for Manchester City and his former coach at Barcelona – Pep Guardiola. According to Pochettino, Xavi is in a period when he loves to talk. If being in Doha makes people talk a lot, then people like Gerrard Pique and Jose Mourinho should never go to Doha.
“He’s in a period when he loves to talk, he’s in Doha and — listen — he was a Barcelona player, he’s my enemy. He tried to destroy our focus to win because he hates me because he’s Barcelona — a player, a fan, you know,” said Pochettino, whose team are seven points clear of Manchester City with six league matches to play.
“I know him [Xavi] very well, I played against him a lot and when I was a manager [at Espanyol]. Yesterday, Thierry [Henry] was here and we remembered the game that he [Xavi] cheated the referee. He fell down, it wasn’t a penalty, but [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic scored for Barcelona and they won the game.
“The marking man was Raul Baena, Xavi fell down and said ‘penalty.’ They gave a penalty. After, in the video [replay], it was very funny because no one touched him and everyone in the media was saying, ‘No, no trust me — it was a penalty.’ Come on! It goes from lie to lie to lie.
“I don’t know what Xavi said but he is working for Manchester City, maybe? He wants to help Guardiola and [club captain Vincent] Kompany.”
Xavi has said that Alli is the type of player wanted by Guardiola at Man City, and suggested they have the money to buy the PFA Young Player of the Year from Tottenham in the summer window.
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