Carles Puyol Makes Surprise Visit to Barcelona, Watches Training with Xavi Hernandez

• Carles Puyol visited his old friend Xavi Hernandez at Barcelona's training facility
• Puyol had a chat with Barcelona players before embracing Xavi after training
• Xavi and Puyol played together at Barcelona for a decade and won plenty of silverware

Barcelona's legendary captain, Carles Puyol, made a surprise visit to his former club's Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training facility to watch players train.

Although league football has taken a break, the training session was attended by players like Alejandro Balde and Pedri, who recently made his return from injury.

The team did the training session under the watchful eyes of Xavi Hernandez. Barcelona have made a decent start to the season, although performances have not impressed a lot of their fans.

After training, Puyol emerged, greeted Barcelona players and even had a chat with Pedri. A moment later, he warmly embraced his former teammate and current boss, Xavi. The club's current players were definitely excited to meet one of the club's greatest players.

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The two know each other very well. They played together at Barcelona for years and won the 2010 World Cup with Spain.

Puyol is considered one of the best centre-backs in the 21st century. He made 593 competitive appearances for Barca and won 26 major trophies with the club.

Xavi on Barcelona struggles

Barcelona have faced backlash from the media following their struggles in the league, and coach Xavi believes that criticism is starting to affect his players negatively, as Sports Brief earlier reported.

In their last game before the international break, they had to come from behind to beat Alaves on Sunday, November 12. Those underwhelming performances have happened frequently this season.

Barcelona are four points off the top spot in La Liga as the Catalans currently trail league leaders Girona, who have 34 points from 13 games, while Real Madrid are second with 32 points.

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Last season, Xavi led Barcelona to their first La Liga title since 2019, per the Athletic.

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Puyol calls out Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr

Sports Brief earlier reported on Puyol questioning the attitude of Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior.

Puyol claimed the Brazilian is a "great player" and deserves appreciation, adding that he needs an attitude change to get more recognition.

"If he would change his attitude he would get more recognition."