Xavi and Busquets react to Barca's La Liga title win.

FC Barcelona won their 27th La Liga title with four matches to spare when they beat Espanyol 4-2 at the Cornella-EL Prat Stadium on Sunday.

The title win means Barca have completed a double this season having also won the Spanish Super Cup.

Barca boss, Xavi Hernandez, who has had to endure some tough times with doubts over his abilities as a Barca coach following disastrous campaigns in Europe, said he has a feeling that winning the title is a job well done.

"I have the feeling that it is a job well done. We started in July and we have put in an extraordinary league campaign. It's really important for the stability of the project and it confirms that we are going about things the right way." Xavi told www.fcbarcelona.com

"It's not Xavi's league, it's Barça's league title, a Barça that is growing and developing. I am delighted for the players, for the staff and for the board...I feel really proud to coach these players." 

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Outgoing Barca midfielder, Sergio Busquets, who has enjoyed monumental success with the club, said the current team should be the basis for a winning side.

“This should be the basis for a winning team; we have come from three season winning hardly anything." 

"I wanted to leave with trophies. We won the Super Cup but winning an important title, like the league, it's an objective that we had. I have really enjoyed it the last few days." 

Lamine doesn't seem like a 15-year-old - Xavi on Yamal.

Making your debut for FC Barcelona at the age of 15 is no small feat, and Lamine Yamal, who is of Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean descent has done it with great aplomb.

The Barca youth sensation made his senior team debut in Barcelona's 4-0 victory over Real Betis, breaking a record previously held by another top youth talent, Gavi, who went on to represent Spain in Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Barcelona coach, Xavi, has come out in full praise of the teenager, saying the way he plays doesn't seem like that of a 15-year-old.

"I told him to try things and he did," he said. "At 15 years old, just imagine it... He is special and he could have even scored tonight, but Rui Silva saved," said Xavi as quoted by SABC Sport. https://www.sabcsport.com/soccer/news/xavi-compares-record-breaking-yamal-to-messi

"He played with confidence and he showed what he is about. He has no fear and bags of talent. Some of his passes in the final third were really good.

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"He's a similar player because he has that innate talent in the final third which is difficult to find.

"Lamine doesn't seem like a 15-year-old, he's very mature. He's ready [to play] and he is training well. He can mark an era at this club as part of this team."