Barcelona vice-president Rafa Yuste has declared having to confirm coach Xavi as "tiresome".

Yuste was speaking before last night's Champions League win against Porto.

He said, "If the coach himself says that we are a family... I reiterate it.

"The thing is, as always, there are people who want to poke around, look for bad connections, bad feeling.

"We are to death with the coach and I have said it many times. We seem tired of confirming the coach. He is our coach, technical staff and we were with them from the beginning."