Xavi will leave Barcelona at the end of the season following his side's 5-3 loss against Villarreal.
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00:00 Good evening, good night. Before you ask me the pertinent questions, I would like to announce that on June 30 I will not continue as Barça coach.
00:13 It is a decision that we have been discussing with the president, Rafa Juste, Alejandro Echeverria, Deco and the staff. I think the situation deserves a change of course and as a coach I cannot allow this situation.
00:34 I think the club has reached the point of publicly announcing it, so I had decided a few days ago, but I think it is the moment.
00:44 I think the club needs a change of dynamics and above all as a coach, thinking about the club, the players, thinking about them, I think they will also be free, they will be calmer.
01:06 As a man of the club, I think it is best to leave on June 30. Having said that, I will give everything I have in the remaining four months.
01:17 I think we can still have a very good season, despite the situation of the team and the club, and I think all this will help the dynamics change.
01:26 This is the message I would like to give, and above all with the tranquility of making this decision. I think it is a situation of having common sense, of thinking about the club before me.
01:46 That's why I decided that on June 30 I will not continue as Barça coach.