Xavi Hernández, ex-FC Barcelona captain, still dreams of being FC Barcelona manager. But only after he has finished his stint in Qatar, where he expects to be for another year.

Xavi, who is taking part in the 19th edition of the camp that carries his name in El Collell, has admitted “my intention is to stay another year in Qatar and then hang up my boots and spread my wings. At 38, I have had a long enough career and therefore it’s the time for new challenges”.

And he wasn’t shy of talking about these challenges. “I want to be a manager, I don’t want to hide it. And obviously I don’t want to hide the fact that sooner or later I want to be manager of FC Barcelona. But first I have to learn and that’s not a one month, two month or three month process but takes years. To coach FC Barcelona you have to be very, very well trained but, as I said, my dream is to sit on Barça’s bench as manager one day.”