World champion. Treble with Bayern Munich. Sextuple-coach, just like Josep Guardiola.
Hansi Flick is at Barcelona and this has made a HUGE splash among Cules!
The German SUPER COACH has a plan to bring the Catalans back to their glory days and the way he’ll do it will make you super excited!
It will be a BIG-BIG CHALLENGE that will take over the whole of football Europe! Let's go!
Hansi FLICK will win trophies with THIS BARCA?
"From Barça, they explain that Flick has been studying the squad for months and believes in the current group and that he doesn’t see a large number of signings necessary to be able to compete for all the titles”, - Sport.es. shares insider info on the negotiations between the coach and the management.
‘Hansi Flick sees a lot of potential to compete with the players he currently has at Barcelona. This has made a very good impression on the board. He has studied the squad and also La Masía for months’, - and this information is from reputable Helena Condis.
So, the new coach is convinced that this Barca can win everything!
This is a truly SHOCKING approach, as Blaugrana are 10 points behind Real Madrid in the league, lost the Super Cup to Los Bancos, lost to Athletic in the Spanish Cup quarterfinals, and to PSG in the Champions League playoffs.
It seems that this team needs a reboot through squad changes. This was also the thinking of Xavi, who expressed his thoughts to the management, with which Joan Laporta strongly disagreed.
Hansi Flick's plan garnered MORE support, and that's why he beat Xavi.
HANSI FLICK’S STAFF
Flick is assembling a POWERFUL TEAM to help him bring Barca back to the top. At first, there was info about the invitation of two German specialists to the staff - their names are Toni Tapalović and Marcus Sorg - the former is a top goalkeeping coach and is responsible for creating such a monster as Manuel Neuer, but it’s already been reported that Toni will not hold this position at Barca - Jose Ramon de la Fuente will remain in his post because of his impressive work with ter Stegen. Marcus Sorg worked as an assistant in the Germany national team from 2016 to 2023.
Who else? The most EXCITING addition to Flick's coaching staff has to be the Spanish physical training coach Julio Tous:
‘Hansi Flick will bring his own assistants, but the club provided him with a new physical trainer: Julio Tous. He has worked hand in hand with Antonio Conte at Juventus and the Italian national team’, - the Mundo Deportivo newspaper reports.
He’s a very experienced specialist with other top clubs on his resume, such as Tottenham and Inter Milan. He also worked for the Italy national team. So, the list is impressive.
Raul Martínez is another potential member of Hansi Flick's new staff at Barcelona. He is an osteopath and physiotherapist for the Spanish Football Federation.
‘Hansi Flick puts a special emphasis on physical preparation. The club hired him because they thought the team lacked a high pressing and intense style’, - Mundo Deportivo notes, and we all understand that Julio Tous and Raul Martinez will be key to Barca's potential success.
One of Laporta's reference points is Real Madrid's permanent success in the Champions League - At Barcelona they understand that most of Florentino Perez's team’s success is due to the work of the coaching staff led by Ancelotti. Physical training coach Antonio Pintus’ persona has already become legendary for Los Blancos fans, so Barca are looking for “their Ancelotti” and “their Pintus.”
And the final piece of the puzzle is Heiko Westermann, who worked as an assistant for the German youth national teams: U15, 16, 17. 18, 19. He also played in the same team as Frenkie de Jong:
‘Barcelona are indeed working with Hansi Flick to bring in Heiko Westermann as an additional assistant coach. Discussions are ongoing. Westermann also speaks very good Spanish. He is the current assistant coach of the German U19 national team‘, - Florian Plettenberg reports.
‘Heiko Westermann's fluent Spanish is crucial for his role on Hansi Flick's Barcelona staff, helping in communication and translating for players as Flick learns the language’, - and this is an inside info from Toni Juanmarti, which defines the key role of an assistant translator for Flick's team of ideas.
SQUAD POLICY
"Hansi Flick and Deco are betting on not selling Barça's starters. The coach believes that this squad can give much more of itself," - Sport.es reports.
Xavi wanted a MASSIVE REBUILD - his list for sale included such heavyweights as Araujo, Frenkie, Raphinha and Lewandowski. At the same time, Flick had a completely different opinion:
“Hansi Flick told the board that Pedri, Yamal, Araujo and de Jong are untouchable. He sees them as the best in the squad”
“Robert Lewandowski is going to be a cornerstone for Hansi Flick”, the Catalan media and journalists report.