In an exciting surprise, the Indian Football Association announced that it has received fake training requests from famous Spanish coaches Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez to take over the technical leadership of the first team, stressing that these messages were not real.
What is the truth about Guardiola and Xavi’s requests to train India?
The Indian Football Association confirmed in an official statement today, Saturday, that the email that was received to its office, and includes training requests from Guardiola and Xavi, later turned out to be incorrect, and was submitted in a false manner.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) published the statement in which it said: “The Indian Football Association received an email that includes requests from Spanish coaches Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez, and it was not possible to verify its validity, and it was later found to be fake.”
Was Xavi really interested in training the Indian national team?
Earlier this week, press reports in India and Spain circulated statements attributed to the technical director of the Indian Federation, Superata Paul, in which he talked about the interest of Xavi Hernandez in the position of coach of the national team, but the official statement fully blows up these allegations and confirmed that they are not based on any realistic basis.
Marquis’s resignation opened the nomination door
The Catalan coach, Manolo Marquez, had resigned from the training of India team at the beginning of this month, preferring to focus on his mission with the FC Joa team, which prompted Al -Ittihad to open the door for progress to assume technical responsibility, as it received 170 requests so far.
The current situation of Guardiola and Xavi
Xavi has not assumed any training position since his departure from Barcelona in May 2024, while Pep Guardiola is still linked to a contract with Manchester City, which extends until June 2027, making their association with India’s team’s training is not logical at the moment.
