Barcelona coach Xavi: Negreira case will not destabilise us

Barcelona coach Xavi insists they won't allow the Negreira investigation to destabilise them ahead of Sunday's El Clasico with Real Madrid.

Xavi is adamant his players won't lose their focus.

"They are not going to destabilise us. They won't succeed. We are going to compete and try to win tomorrow, it would be big statement in our aim to win the league. We are very stable. That's not a problem," said Xavi.

He added: "With all the hostility we experienced in Bilbao.... I imagine it will be similar from now on. We must be hermetic and think about football. And try to win our games, nothing else. We are focused on the game."

Xavi also backed president Joan Laporta's comments that there is a campaign against Bara.

"Whatever the president says goes without saying," he added. "He is the leader of the project. I don't want to talk about the 'Negreira case', I'm focused on football and winning the league, which is the main objective of this season."