#and now I'm emotional over a coach and his bond with his player 😭

[ikram1909]

i feel like xavi really has a soft spot for gavi like that's his son fr 🥺❤ and he won't allow anyone to doubt his talent and importance for the team! whilst he didn't really use gavi the best way possible in the second half of last season (and that also annoyed me) he def values gavi a lot and wants him to become the best possible version of himself. the way he always calls him up to pass on his instructions and calls him the soul and heart of the team 😭💞 he already sees him as a leader on the pitch despite his age and probably also sees himself in gavi in a way 🥲 dad and son fr fr ❤

I've said it before but Gavi is literally his mini me 😭😭😭 they're so similar so it makes sense that he clearly loves and dotes on him. Also imagine being a manager in charge of the club he loved his entire life and you find a player so young yet so passionate and dedicated to said club. A kid willing to literally bleed for his club and on top of it he's super talented and plays in the position you used to play and were the very fucking best at it. And as if all that wasn't enough, he also quickly became the glue that brings all the players together and is the dressing room's darling because he's just so easy to love. And on top of it, you can put him anywhere on the field and he'd never complain about it he'll just get out there and give his all. He's literally every manager's dream player and I'm not even exaggerating. But I'm so glad he's under Xavi out of all of them because Xavi seems to also care about him beyond being his player. He speaks about him so fondly like that's literally his son. The way he teased Gavi about his laces still brings a smile to my face they're very father son coded.

I know a lot of people say he stunted Gavi's growth with the leftwing slave shifts and maybe he did in a way because that's six months lost where he could've been developing in his actual position but him playing him there is just more proof of how much he trusts Gavi. He had other players he could've played there but he only trusted Gavi to give him what he needed in that position. So even that is a testament of how much he believes in Gavi and he defended him when everyone decided to turn their backs on him. He absolutely loves Gavi and appreciates him both as a player and as a person. The fact that he's Xavi's designated instructions transporter in games at nineteen and he's basically the one Xavi talks to the most in games says enough. When asked about it, Xavi said that he talks to most players but he talks to Gavi a lot because he has so much confidence in him, so much faith and because he's the soul of the team. Do you know how amazing it is to have Xavi fucking Hernandez talk like this about you? That's insane. So yeah he definitely has a soft spot for Gavi and he has every right to. I'll never forget how proud he was of him during and after the supercup final 😭😭