{"id":497039,"date":"2026-05-16T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=497039"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:00:03","slug":"xavi-pascual-and-barcelona-is-it-already-over-the-reasons-behind-the-impending-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/xavi-pascual-and-barcelona-is-it-already-over-the-reasons-behind-the-impending-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavi Pascual and Barcelona: Is It Already Over? The Reasons Behind the Impending Split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"p-rc_799494b173224a0a-29\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"><span data-path-to-node=\"0,0\">Xavi Pascual&#8217;s second stint on the Barcelona bench could come to a dramatic end after just a few months<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"0,2\">. The coach from Gav\u00e0, who returned to the Palau last November with the aura of a savior after a two-year title drought, is reportedly already on his way out due to his deep dissatisfaction with the club&#8217;s management of the basketball section<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"0,4\">. This is the rumor reported by Mundo Deportivo; let&#8217;s break down the reasons (also reported by the Spanish media outlet)<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"0,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"p-rc_799494b173224a0a-30\" data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span data-path-to-node=\"1,0\">Everything suggests that, at the end of the current season, the coach will trigger his \u20ac300,000 release clause, deciding not to fulfill the remaining two years of his contract<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"1,2\">. Several EuroLeague clubs already have him on their radar, with Dubai Basketball in pole position, followed by interest from Panathinaikos and Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"1,4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"p-rc_799494b173224a0a-31\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span data-path-to-node=\"2,0\">Pascual had accepted the job in November despite many doubts about the inherited roster, giving his approval only after the club agreed to two specific conditions: signing a new center starting in January and bringing in a quality replacement in the event of serious injuries<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2\">. These promises turned out to be hollow: the desired reinforcement under the basket never arrived, and the club failed to cover any of the heavy absences that hit the team (including Laprovittola, Clyburn, Vesely, and Satoransky)<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"p-rc_799494b173224a0a-32\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span data-path-to-node=\"3,0\">For the future, the coach had requested the inclusion of an &#8220;emergency fund&#8221; for injuries in the budget, to be financed without reducing resources for new signings but rather by deferring payments on some existing contracts<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,2\">. Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s response, after a couple of unproductive meetings, was limited to a vague &#8220;we will do what we can,&#8221; providing no real guarantees<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,4\">. Pascual, who demands a project to aim for a EuroLeague title and not just to compete, has thus lost all faith in the management&#8217;s promises<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"source-inline-chip-container ng-star-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"p-rc_799494b173224a0a-33\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">What definitively compromised the relationship was the transfer market behind-the-scenes revelation that Barcelona had negotiated behind Pascual&#8217;s back with Ibon Navarro, the current Unicaja coach, to secure him as a potential replacement<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,2\">. 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