Barcelona debate Xavi's future in chaotic twist - sources

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Barcelona are once again debating the future of Xavi Hernández less than a month after president Joan Laporta and the coach himself announced at a news conference that the Catalan would continue for at least another season, sources told ESPN.

The official version from Barcelona is that nothing has changed, but sources told ESPN "do not rule out" Xavi's dismissal and insist that Laporta has never trusted the coach.

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Another source said there is an internal dispute at the club over Xavi's continuity because, while some voices are in favour of him staying on, Laporta has been under pressure for weeks…