2024-01-31 19:27:00
On Saturday evening, FC Barcelona embarrassed itself and lost 3-5 to Villarreal. It was the first match in 61 years in which the Catalans lost as many as five goals at home. No wonder the players received a wave of criticism. A few hours later, they received another blow – Xavi announced that this was his last season on the Blaugrana bench. A real exchange of names of the Spaniard’s successors has begun in the media. It turns out that Barcelona has already taken the first step towards one of the candidates.
FC Barcelona is looking for a new coach. She talked to Flick. Germany’s priority
We’re talking regarding Hansi Flick. A few days ago, Christian Falk from “Sport Bild” reported that Robert Lewandowski’s good friend is one of Barcelona’s main candidates. Especially since the club was already in talks with him in 2021, but then the 58-year-old decided to take over the German national team, and eventually Xavi took over as coach of the Spanish champions.
Now Flick is unemployed once more and is expected to arouse interest from Barcelona once more. Moreover, as reported by a journalist from “Sport Bild”, the first talks between the interested parties have already taken place. Deco himself, the sports director of Barcelona, was supposed to contact the coach. He did it on behalf of Joan Laporta. “The people responsible want to signal their interest and inform Flick that he is on the list of candidates to succeed Xavi,” we read. Moreover, the German was recently on vacation in Spain, which only made the rumors grow stronger.
Flick is a tasty morsel for Barcelona
Flick has been unemployed since September 2023, when he left the German national team. He led the team in 25 games, averaging 1.72 points per game. He previously coached Bayern Munich and that’s why he knows Lewandowski. In the 2019/20 season, he even managed to win the triple crown.
Flick is not the only candidate to take over the position following Xavi, although according to media reports, Barcelona has only taken the first step towards him. The Spanish “AS” also reported on other coaches who were on the radar of the national champions. We are talking regarding Rafael Marquez from the Catalan reserves, Imanol Alguacil from Real Sociedad and Sergio Conceicao from FC Porto.
We will find out who will ultimately become Barcelona’s coach in the coming weeks. For now, the players are focusing on sports competition. This season is not the best for them. They did not defend their Spanish Super Cup title and were eliminated from the King’s Cup. In the league table, they are 11 points behind the leader, Girona. The main hope in the Champions League, although experts do not give them many chances with this type of game.
However, Barcelona has an opportunity to minimize its losses in La Liga. On Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. they started the match once morest Osasuna. We invite you to follow the coverage on Sport.pl and in the Sport.pl LIVE mobile application.
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