Hansi Flick signed for 2 seasons
FC Barcelona rushed to get to work for the following season. The culé management didn’t take lengthy to discover a new coach to form a special undertaking during which they thought-about that Xavi Hernández shouldn’t be a participant. Hansi Flick will tackle that duty, after his hiring has been formally introduced.
The German coach reached an settlement with the Catalan entity for 2 seasons. “FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick have reached an settlement for the German to be the coach of the primary males’s soccer crew till June 30, 2026. The brand new coach has signed the contract on the membership’s workplaces in an occasion with the president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta; the primary vp chargeable for the sports activities space, Rafa Yuste; and the membership’s sports activities director, Anderson Luís de Souza, Deco,” the official assertion learn.
The identify of the German coach didn’t come up on the final minute, since, in line with reviews from Spain, president Joan Laporta had been considering his signing for a very long time, virtually since he set foot within the establishment after returning to the presidency in 2021. Nevertheless, By then, the coach was in negotiations with the German crew.
“Culers is our second. Força Barça (Culers es nuestro momento. Força Barça)”, mentioned Flick in a video revealed on the social networks of the Barcelona entity.
In response to the Spanish newspaper As, the settlement would have been negotiated for a set wage of three million euros (downwards) during which bonuses for prizes can be key: 1 million euros for profitable the Champions League and 750 thousand for lifting the league title.
Hans Flick’s presentation in Barcelona
One of the pressing duties that Flick should tackle, along with getting ready the preseason calendar considering the upcoming Euro Cup and Copa América, can be to make his squad. After his arrival, the coach would have some names listed resembling Musiala and Writz, who in line with the opposite German Lotthar Mathaus, can be “gamers he want to have with him.”
On the similar time, he can even need to submit an inventory of casualties, of gamers he is not going to have. From that checklist, the untouchables can be: Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong, Gavi and Pedri. Along with heavyweights like Marc André Ter-Stegen, Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Gundongan, whom he already managed of their respective groups.
The German, who changed Nico Kovac at Bayern in Could 19 and achieved the sextet with the Bavarians, signed as German coach in mid-2021 and was answerable for the crew solely till September 23. The coach of that blushing 8 -2 to Barça within the quarterfinals of the 2020 Champions League, he failed on the head of the nationwide crew, with which he couldn’t advance from the group stage within the 2022 World Cup. Lastly, after shedding a pleasant in opposition to Japan (1-4), in September 2023, Flick had been left with out a crew.
At 59 years outdated, he has the profile of a coach able to profitable in tough occasions. He started his path on this planet of technical route with Hoffenheim within the Tercera, then served as an assistant at RB Salzburg and within the Mannschaft with Joachim Low. After the 2014 World Cup he turned the sports activities director of the Federation, till he lastly made the soar to the Munich bench 5 years later.
The dedication was introduced as soon as the Catalan membership and the earlier coach, Xavi Hernández, reached an settlement for the settlement of the contract of the previous Barça midfielder and his technical crew.
