Footballer said that for him the current season will be the last, since, according to him, he has long been inferior to young athletes and continues to regress all the time, especially during the period of playing in Qatar. Xavi claims that he was all the time harder to recover from injuries, to go on the field with fresh forces, and also to fully play out two halves.

"I'm preparing to finish my career as a player, but I plan to get a coaching license and stay on the field in a new role, in any case, for me, football is life," - said the Spanish midfielder.

It is noteworthy that as an "Barcelona" player, the 8-time champion of Spain spent more than 500 games in the period from 1998 to 2015 and scored 58 goals.

As reported in "URA-Inform", the Spanish team recently in the qualifying games for the World Cup in 2018, "tore" the national team of Liechtenstein.