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And as he joins a long list of football legends to have done the same, Barcelona icon Xavi Hernandez has now become a member of the Anfield fan club.

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The title of ‘legend’ has started to become thrown around a little too easily in football.

But in the case of Xavi, it almost doesn’t feel enough.

The Spaniard is front and centre in conversations surrounding the best midfielder of all-time, having sparkled for Barcelona and Spain during the 2000s.

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As he revealed to The Athletic this week, he is also an absolute football obsessive.

Despite spending his whole career in Europe with Barcelona, Xavi admitted that he regularly watches matches from other countries and would love to have played in England in the Premier League.

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“I loved playing with Barcelona and have no regrets, but I would have loved to play in a different European league, too,” he says.

Respect the coaches, the players – if you put everything on the pitch.

“I loved to play at Anfield or Old Trafford,” Xavi added.

Three of those matches took place at Anfield, but Xavi only played in two of them.

The first was in the Champions League in November 2001.

Having been on the bench for Barca’s visit to Anfield in the UEFA Cup the previous April, Xavi played the full 90 minutes as the Spaniards won 3-1.

Xavi had to wait another six years before coming to Merseyside again in the Champions League last-16 in 2007.

With Liverpool holding a 2-1 lead from the first-leg, they were beaten 1-0 by Barca on the night, but still progressed to the quarter-finals on away goals.