It is the club of my life, these are the colors of my life<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was not about money\u201d<\/h2>\n
Pascual\u2019s departure from Bar\u00e7a raised several questions, particularly regarding the financial aspect of his decision.<\/p>\n
The coach denied that money was a determining factor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would no longer have come here because I had other opportunities with much more money.<\/strong> And I probably would not have signed where I signed either, because I had things with much more money\u201d.<\/p>\nThe former Bar\u00e7a coach also made it clear that he has never blamed the club for his departure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have never pointed to the club as being guilty.<\/strong> The club and Xavi Pascual were together for 10 years. Then we stopped being together for almost another 10 years. Both sides evolved in different directions<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\nHis relationship with Laporta remains intact<\/h2>\n
Pascual also addressed his relationship with Bar\u00e7a president Joan Laporta<\/strong>, insisting that it has not changed.<\/p>\n\u201cMy relationship with president Joan Laporta remains intact and we have a very good relationship.<\/strong> I explained to him how I felt and he respected me from the very first moment, as he always has. We have always had a very good relationship, nothing has changed and nothing will change\u201d.<\/p>\n\u201cA coach must feel he is in the right place\u201d<\/h2>\n
Maintaining his conciliatory tone, Pascual reiterated a point he had already made when announcing his departure: a coach must feel fully convinced that he is in the right place.<\/p>\n
\u201cA coach must feel that he is in the right place at the right time.<\/strong> He must lead with honesty, knowledge and the conviction that he can guide the team to success\u201d.<\/p>\nFor Pascual, this is why coaches sometimes have to turn down certain opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany times you have to say no to certain places because the club\u2019s objective does not exactly match the objective you believe you can achieve<\/strong>. It is something very complicated that you learn over the years\u201d.<\/p>\n\u201cThe past did not affect me\u201d<\/h2>\n
Pascual also addressed whether the success of his first spell at Bar\u00e7a increased the expectations surrounding his return.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe past did not affect me<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\nReflecting on the recently completed season, the current Dubai coach highlighted the difficult circumstances his team faced.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team was what it was. We could not change it.<\/strong> In the end, we reached the Liga final, which was a very complicated situation considering how the season had developed. Without any reinforcements and with many injury problems<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\u201cI spoke with Pep Guardiola: second spells are complicated\u201d<\/h2>\n
At the end of the interview, Pascual revealed that he also spoke with Pep Guardiola<\/strong> about his second spell at Bar\u00e7a.<\/p>\n\u201cI spoke with Pep Guardiola about how second spells are complicated. And at Bar\u00e7a, they are too<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\nDespite the difficulties surrounding his return, Pascual insisted that he has no regrets.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite having said no several times, in the end I felt that the time was right, and I don’t regret it.<\/strong> I think I helped bring a little bit of stability to the club. As a Barcelona fan, I am happy with what I contributed at that time\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Bar\u00e7a head coach breaks his silence after leaving the club and subsequently joining Dubai Basketball: \u201cIt is the club of my life, these are the colors of my life\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":486706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191,305,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-515301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aba-liga","category-acb","category-euroleague"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/DE9_1373.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515301"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=515301"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=515301"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=515301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}