Xavi’s Barça U-turn shows breaking up is hard to do despite tough times

Announcement was no shock but reflects environment shift at club and an appetite to find stability after a dismal weekBeing the Barcelona manager is “cruel and unpleasant” Xavi Hernández said, but in the end it is all he ever wanted, all he has got. He is all they have got too. And so on Wednesday night, three days after any lingering hopes of winning the league were extinguished, eight days after being knocked out of Europe again, 88 after announcing he was leaving and callin