Vitor Roque has struggled to make an impact at Barcelona (Getty)

Vitor Roque’s agent has hit out at Xavi’s handling of the Brazilian forward and claims the 19-year-old could leave Barcelona this summer.

Last year, Barcelona fended off competition from several clubs across Europe, including Manchester United and Tottenham, to sign Vitor Roque in a ?61 million (£52.2m) deal from Athletico Paranaense.

Vitor Roque joined Barca in January but has struggled to make an impact in his first five months at the club, starting just two games plus making a further 11 appearances off the bench.

‘Everyone thinks that Vitor Roque has to have more minutes and no one understands why the coach [Xavi] doesn’t give them to him,’ Andre Cury, Vitor Roque’s representative, said in an interview on RAC1.
‘Xavi has never spoken to the player. I do not understand this situation and I think it is not good for either party.

‘I have told the boy that what he has to do is work even harder and wait for the opportunity, but I have also seen matches to give him minutes and prominence and thus avoid this unpleasant situation.

Xavi has been criticised for his handling of Vitor Roque at Barcelona (BSR Agency/Getty)

‘In my opinion the team concedes a lot of goals and that doesn’t help.

‘With 300 minutes he has two goals and I would say that he is the team’s top scorer if we look at the average number of minutes played.

‘Look...