Xavi, the best midfield player of the history of the FC Barcelona

Privileged, referent, different, the best, the brain of the team... They are many the adjectives that could define to Xavi Hernández. The player of Terrassa, that with 700 official parties to his backs already is a legend of legends in the FC Barcelona, is analysed by Puyol, Valdés and Messi, that share together captaincy from 2008, and by Iniesta and Busquets.

For Iniesta Xavi "is a leader, a referent, to level futbolístico he is a privileged because it goes by in front of the played, delo that happens". Puyol And Valdés coincide in that it is "the best" . The one of the Pobla of Segur aims that "it is one of the best of the world, a key player so much in the Barça as in the selection", whereas the goalkeeper of the Barça considers that "it has been the best midfield player that has had the Barça".

The past year when Messi collected his fourth Balloon of Gold recognised that "it was a pleasure play at the side of Xavi". "It is a different player that does the very easy things . It sees the pass where only sees it he. It does to play to all the team and moves it of a place to another to his taste".

And what think the players that come of the quarry? Sergio Busquets explains that "it is the brain of the team, always gives balance and never loses a balloon".

16 years in the first team give for a lot. Carles Puyol, that is with the one who more time has shared changing room, confesses: "we Happen five very difficult years here. Some times had spoken and said that this could not be that a team like the FC Barcelona was so many years without winning at all. Luckily the things changed and have been able to win a lot of titles with the team".

The final of Rome. This is the moment with which remains Andrés Iniesta. "So much for him as for me it was a final very gratificante can win it". And it chooses the gala of the FIFA Balloon of Gold 2010 with Xavi, Iniesta and he like finalists. "They are so many parties, so many things lived, so many years playing that it is difficult. But a moment beautiful was when we were together in the Balloon of Gold, in which we live together all at the side of Andrés".

With 700 official parties in his have, Carles Puyol encourages him so that it arrive to the 1.000. "It can play a lot of more and can arrive to the 1.000, that is a good number". Valdés congratulates it and warns that "never the Barça will have a midfield player and a player like him by all what has given and as it feels the colours of this Club".

Messi recognises that "it is a madness the parties that carries and ojalá are a lot of more because it does us well to us and to the people". And Iniesta comments that "it has been a privilege can be to his side during all my career , expect that still it remain us rope for while".

"An example". 700 parties and 16 years in the elite of the Barça. Sergio Busquets has it clear. "It is an example for me as for all the players that are in the quarry and that try to play in the first team".