Spanish and international media reports said that Hansi Flick, the former coach of Bayern Munich and the German national football team, has once again become a strong candidate to coach the Spanish team Barcelona.
Xavi Hernandez is the coach of Barcelona until this moment, but he stated last January that he would leave at the end of this season, then he retracted his decision in mid-April and it was agreed that he would stay until 2025. Despite this, reports stated that he He faces the risk of dismissal due to the club’s difficult financial situation and the team’s inability to compete, which angered officials.
Reports stated that Flick (59 years old) was a candidate from the beginning, and his name was recently linked to returning to Bayern and coaching Chelsea, but it is said that he rejected the English offer because coaching Barcelona is his priority.
El Mundo Deportivo reported that Flick had held talks with Deco, Barcelona’s sporting director, and that he was the preferred candidate.
Flick became Bayern Munich’s technical director in the fall of 2019, initially temporarily, and led the team to win seven titles: two Bundesliga titles, the German Cup, the German Super Cup, the Champions League, the European Super Cup, and the Club World Cup.
The team’s journey towards winning the Champions League title included defeating Barcelona 2-8 in the quarter-finals.
Flick took over as coach of the German national team, succeeding Joachim Loew in 2021, but he did not succeed with the team and bid farewell to the 2022 World Cup in the group stage. Flick was forced to leave coaching the team last fall after a series of negative results.
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