Barcelona might scarcely have imagined the place they’d be at this stage of the season by the point the final one ended, with the Blaugrana battling Girona for second place. Whereas there are clearly a variety of artifices of their success, one title is the resounding architect of their progress: Hansi Flick.
The German supervisor got here in with low expectations, however has his Barcelona aspect scoring at a report tempo, in all three main competitions and with two victories over Actual Madrid already of their pocket. That’s although solely Pau Victor and Dani Olmo arrived final summer season, to a crew that seemingly wanted main surgical procedure.
It’s no shock then that Barcelona are eager to tie Hansi Flick down for the long run. The German signed a two-year deal on his arrival within the Catalan capital, and Sport say that Barcelona need to lengthen his contract till 2027, probably with an choice for one more yr, though they’ll embrace a mutual termination clause energetic for each events.
Hansi Flick’s Barcelona has one of the best scoring common in Champions League historical past with 36 objectives in 11 video games (3.27 per recreation). The second greatest crew on this rating is Hansi Flick’s Bayern Munich (3.17 objectives per recreation). @Jorgeescorial pic.twitter.com/kVX7iKVLjj
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It’s defined by the Catalan each day that a number of administrators, President Joan Laporta and Director of Soccer Deco all met with Flick’s agent Pini Zahavi to debate as a lot with him. Whereas it was extra of a communication of their intentions than a negotiation over numbers, they did specific their intention to wrap up a brand new deal earlier than the tip of the season, and earlier than the titles are determined, contemplating him the right man to steer them ahead.
Flick has actually outperformed expectations, and excepting a few of their star gamers corresponding to Lamine Yamal or Pedri, he’s arguably their most dear asset at present. Naturally managers may be changed, however the degree of soccer being performed, with a not dissimilar squad to latest years, is nicely above something seen at Barcelona for at the least six years.