Spanish media assume Hansi Flick shall be unveiled as FC Barcelona’s new coach on Monday. The German, 59, is fulfilling a want. He was a triple winner with FC Bayern, assistant coach within the 2014 World Cup crew – flop boss his crew caught with him for a very long time.
Barcelona. In line with Spanish media studies, Hansi Flick would be the new coach of FC Barcelona. The highest Catalan membership will announce the signing of the previous nationwide coach on Monday, wrote the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”. Accordingly, a vital phone dialog has already taken place between the 59-year-old and the sporting director of Barça Deco. Nonetheless, particulars such because the time period of the contract nonetheless must be clarified. A one-year contract with an choice to increase is being mentioned.
A number of media retailers beforehand reported that Flick was a scorching candidate once more on the prime membership. It’s due to this fact thought-about that Flick is the very best of the membership’s administration if, after an unprecedented objective in current weeks, there can be a separation from the present coach Xavi. Nonetheless, this separation has not been formally confirmed but. In line with the newspaper, Xavi will even be told of the choice on Monday.
Sure. No. Maybe: And nonetheless comes Flick
The Barcelona membership legend introduced his retirement on the finish of this season in January. Presently, Flick was already being thought-about as a doable successor. The primary U-turn adopted in April when Xavi, president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco agreed to proceed working collectively till at the very least 2025.
The 44-year-old 2010 world champion seems to be on the point of extinction once more as Xavi’s public statements in regards to the membership’s monetary scenario and his squad’s lack of worldwide competitiveness have angered the Barça administration.
What speaks in favor of Flick as a possible successor is that his adviser Pini Zahavi has an excellent relationship with Laporta. He additionally has an excellent fame in Spain as, as coach of Bayern Munich, he beat FC Barcelona 8-2 within the quarter-finals en path to successful the 2020 Champions League.