Iniesta: Barcelona's behaviour has been a little ugly, you must respect your coach Barcelona The former captain had his say

Ernesto Valverde is in a difficult situation following Barcelona's ultimately unsuccessful pursuit of Xavi Hernandez to take over as the club's coach and Andres Iniesta believes the behaviour of his former club has been ugly.

Following a 3-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the semi-final of the Supercopa de Espana in Jeddah, rumours appeared that Xavi had been offered the job with immediate effect.

Iniesta has had his say on the developments in an interview with Onda Cero.

"Barcelona's behaviour has been a little ugly, you must have respect for your coach," Iniesta admitted.

"Valverde's situation is now weakened a lot.

"I hope that the situation in Barcelona can be solved because it's not pleasant what is happening, either for the coach or the players or even the fans."

With it seemingly unlikely that Xavi will agree to take the job at this present moment, there is a degree of confusion about the direction in which the Blaugrana will move, yet Iniesta believes both Ronald Koeman and Xavi understand the club.

"The only person who knows if Xavi is ready is Xavi himself," he added.

"Koeman and Xavi have both been at Barcelona.

"One has more coaching experience, but that isn't a decisive factor."

Josep Maria Bartomeu offered Iniesta a lifetime contract before he left for Japan, but the pair don't speak much.

"I don't talk much with him," Iniesta confirmed.

"The relationship is good, though.

"Both with him and the other people who are involved with Barcelona."