Xavi is an imposter sideways passing fraud. Deco>>>> xavi
I agree with Fresh, to an extent.
Xavi was brilliant, because he played for Barcelona and Spain. Within that sort of game he was extremely important for them. He was sort of a metronome, important for keeping possession. It made them able to develop a kind of style I find awful, but that was highly effective. Xavi at Juventus, Bayern or Atletico Madrid would probably have been nothing special.
That sort of football is now gone though. Teams have found an answer to that particular style of play. Barcelona are now a far quicker, faster playing team that rely heavily on their front three. They are a better team as well.
All this being said, Xavi was a vital ingredient of teams that will go down in history (even if that is not to my liking) and for that he is sort of a legend.